Have you ever had a “but God” moment! Joseph in the Old Testament certainly did (Gen 37-50)! We are all probably familiar with how he was sold into slavery in Egypt by his brothers. Acts 7:9 tells us, “But God was with him” and Joseph wound up as the right-hand man to Pharoh. When his brothers came to him for food in a time of famine he said to them, “As for you, you thought evil of me, but God meant it for good” (Gen 50:20; AMPC). God so turned things around for Joseph that many lives were saved because of him. Then there is Noah, “But God remembered Noah” (Gen 8:1; NLT) and saved him and his family from the flood. Also, Jonah, “But you, O Lord my God, snatched me from the jaws of death!” (Jonah 2:6; NLT), referring to God rescuing him from the great fish that swallowed him.

In the New Testament we have some more. “But God showed His great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners” (Rom 5:8; NLT). Then in Acts 3:15, “You killed the author of life, but God raised Him from the dead” (NLT; see also Acts 13:30). We have yet another “But God” in Eph 2:4,5 referring to God’s mercy and love in making us alive in Christ.

You may be going through a trial right now and greatly in need of a “But God”, keep in mind that Romans 8:28 says that God causes all things to “work together for good.” You may not get the “But God” right away but stay in faith and be expectant because, “But with God all things are possible” (Matt 19:26; ESV).