Welcome to Pomoja Podcast, a ministry of Life
of Christ International Ministries, where we
build stronger lives, deeper faith, and Christ
-centered homes through biblical teaching, practical
wisdom, and life -changing conversations. I'm
your host, Barry Mwamba. Today, I want to invite
you into one of the most comforting, and at the
same time, one of the most overlooked truths
in the entire Bible. But before we begin, let
me ask you something. What if I told you that
some of the greatest miracles in your life may
never look like miracles at all? What if I told
you that one conversation, one delay, one disappointment,
one unexpected meeting, one closed door, or even
one painful season could be part of a story that
God has been writing long before you ever recognized
it? Because today, we're going to talk about
something the Bible speaks about from Genesis
to Revelation, yet many believers rarely think
about. We're going to talk about the providence
of God, living under the providence of God. This
truth has changed the way I see life, the way
I see disappointments, the way I see victories,
the way I see unanswered prayers, even the way
I see the ordinary moments that most people would
simply call coincidence. Let me ask you another
question. Have you ever looked back at your life
and realized, if that door hadn't closed, I would
have never met my spouse? If I hadn't lost that
job, I would have never discovered my purpose.
If I hadn't moved to that city, I would have
never met those people. If that conversation
had never happened, my entire future would have
been different. At the time, none of it made
sense. You thought life was falling apart. Years
later, you realized life wasn't falling apart.
It was quietly falling into place. I think every
mature believer eventually begins to notice something.
There are simply too many coincidences to keep
calling them coincidences. The right person appears
at exactly the right moment. A phone call arrives
just when you needed encouragement. A delay frustrates
you for months, only for you to discover later
that it protected you from something you couldn't
see. A prayer God didn't answer becomes the very
reason you later thank him. Have you ever thanked
God for saying no? Have you ever thanked Him
for making you wait? I know I have. Not because
waiting is enjoyable, but because time has taught
me something. God's wisdom is infinitely greater
than my urgency. The older I become, the less
I believe in coincidence. Not because life suddenly
makes perfect sense, but because I keep looking
back and seeing God's fingerprints where I once
thought there was only chance. I believe one
day, every believer reaches a point where they
stop asking, was that luck? And begin asking,
Lord, were you already there? And I believe the
answer is yes, far more often than we realize.
One of the greatest misconceptions among Christians
is believing that God only works through miracles.
We celebrate the Red Sea. We celebrate Jericho.
We celebrate Elijah calling fire down from heaven.
We celebrate Lazarus walking out of the tomb.
And we should. Those moments reveal the incredible
power of God. But here's what I've discovered.
The greatest evidence of God's presence is not
always His miracles. Sometimes, it's His providence.
Providence is one of the most beautiful truths
in the Bible. Simply put, God's providence is
His invisible hand, guiding history while everyone
else thinks life is unfolding normally. It is
God accomplishing His purpose through ordinary
days, ordinary people, ordinary conversations,
ordinary decisions. Nothing appears spectacular.
Nothing seems supernatural. Yet heaven is quietly
moving every piece into its proper place. Most
of the people involved don't even realize that
God is writing the story. That is Providence.
Listen carefully to what Paul writes in Romans
chapter 8. And we know that in all things God
works for the good of those who love him, who
have been called according to his purpose. Notice
what Paul does not say. He doesn't say, everything
is good. The betrayal wasn't good. The sickness
wasn't good. The injustice wasn't good. The rejection
wasn't good. The loss wasn't good. Paul isn't
asking us to pretend evil is good. He's saying
something much deeper. God is so sovereign that
he is able to work through every circumstance
without becoming the author of evil. That changes
everything, because it means evil never has the
final word. People make real choices. Some choose
love. Others choose hatred. Some choose obedience.
Others choose rebellion. Those choices are real.
The consequences are real. The pain is real.
Yet above all of human history stands a God so
wise, so powerful, so sovereign, that nothing
catches him by surprise. Nothing forces him to
rewrite his plan. Nothing can stop his purpose.
He never panics. He never improvises. Before
you ever experienced today, he was already standing
in tomorrow. That's why he can lead you with
confidence. Because he has already seen the end,
while you are still trying to understand the
beginning. Now, let me show you what this looks
like. Let's begin with Joseph. Not Joseph, the
husband of Mary. Joseph, the dreamer. If you
only read Genesis chapter 37, you might conclude,
that Joseph's life was a complete disaster. His
own brothers hated him. The people who should
have protected him betrayed him. They threw him
into a pit. Imagine that. One day, you're sharing
the dream God placed in your heart. The next
day, you're sitting at the bottom of a pit, wondering
whether you're going to die. Then things became
even worse. They sold him like property. Can
you imagine the confusion? Lord, you gave me
dreams. You gave me promises. Why does my life
look like it's moving in the opposite direction?
Have you ever asked that question? Lord, I obeyed
you. I trusted you. Why does everything seem
to be getting harder? Joseph probably asked those
same questions. Then came Potiphar's house. Maybe
now things are finally improving. Then false
accusations. Then prison. Years pass. Nothing
changes. The dreams seem forgotten. Have you
ever lived through a season where heaven felt
silent? where every prayer seemed to echo without
an answer. Joseph knew that feeling. But here's
what amazes me. The Bible never says, God abandoned
him. Instead, again and again, the scriptures
quietly repeat, but the Lord was with Joseph.
Think about that. God was with him in the pit.
God was with him as a slave. God was with him
in prison. His circumstances changed. God's presence
never did. Sometimes we measure God's faithfulness
by our circumstances. God measures his faithfulness
by his presence. Those are two very different
things. Then, one ordinary morning, everything
changed. A forgotten prisoner was called before
Pharaoh. One conversation, one interpretation,
one appointment, one promotion. Years of preparation
came together in a single day. Tell me, was that
coincidence? No. That was Providence. Then Joseph
stood before the very brothers who betrayed him
and spoke one of the most remarkable statements
in all of scripture. You meant evil against me,
but God meant it for good. Notice what Joseph
didn't say. He didn't excuse their sin. He didn't
pretend evil wasn't evil. He called it exactly
what it was. You meant evil. Your intentions
were sinful. Your decisions were wrong. You are
responsible for what you chose. But then Joseph
lifts our eyes higher. God never lost control.
While they thought they were destroying Joseph,
God was preserving a nation. While they thought
they were ending a dream, God was positioning
a deliverer. The brothers were making decisions.
God was writing history. That is Providence.
Now, let me introduce you to another man, a man
named Moses. Because if Joseph teaches us that
God works through betrayal, Moses teaches us
that God works through waiting. And sometimes,
waiting is the hardest classroom God will ever
place us in. We'll begin there next time, because
what looks like a delay may actually be God preparing
you for the assignment you've been praying for
all along. Until then, remember this. You may
not always recognize God's hand while you're
living the story, but one day you'll look back
and discover He was there. guiding every step
all along, together in faith, together in Christ.