A friend of mine came over last night and spent the night. He's a Department of Public Safety Trooper here in Texas, but is having a hearing today in Austin. Long story short: they suspected him of doing something wrong a couple years ago (a ridiculous charge that they've since dropped) and suspended him without pay for almost two years. Then this past Spring they took away his pay. His hearing is today which will attempt to right the wrongs against him or determine such.
So anyway, he shows me the devotion for September 28 this morning as he's getting ready, and it's based on Micah 7:8:
"Do not gloat over me, my enemy!
Though I have fallen, I will rise.
Though I sit in darkness,
the Lord will be my light."
And it went on to talk about rising up and facing challenges.
What a perfect verse for him today.
I love that.
I hate to think of people being falsely accused and even punished for things they didn't do (I'm obviously taking my friend's side that his supervisors simply don't like him and are looking for excuses to get him out), and I pray that my friend will get cleared of this today at 10:30 am CST. I'd hate to go through something like that, but I know God will strengthen you and teach you a lot in those times. My friend preached a sermon just this past Sunday on Joseph, and the favor that was upon him in Egypt. It focused on "chain-reaction blessings."
But this same Joseph was also falsely accused of raping Potiphar's wife and thrown in prison. This guy was righteous, but slandered and jailed by lies. And God saw Joseph through...
Posted by Doug Van Pelt at September 28, 2004 10:07 AM