Remember When- "we acted weakly"

Let's take Adams post from yesterday and dig a little further or go somewhere else. Wainwright sparked my thinking and took me back to the thoughts that I would have during those times of sinning, adversity, moments when I didn't understand why after I was already a believer. I look back now and say "I'm glad God is God" (similar to Boyer's quote). So digging into the scripts we go back to Genesis and read that Joseph get's sold into slavery because he was favored by his father and it made his brothers angry (Genesis 37), His masters wife tries to get him in the sack and he declines only to see her lie and have him tossed into the dungeon (Gen 39), then Pharoahs butler forgets about him while he is locked up in prison for 2 years. Adversity? Where is God during this whole thing, I thought He only gives us what we can handle? I'm looking at this situation tapping the mat like "Yo, I'm good, ring the bell, I give in, Uncle!" Jojo (Joseph) goes ahead and hits his brothers with this nugget in Genesis 50:20 "But as for you, you meant evil against me but God meant it for good, in order to bring it about as it is this day; to save many people alive." What?!!! When I get frustrated, depressed, feel like I'm not catching the breaks you know what I do? I sin, I smoke, drink, watch porn, take actions that follow watching porn, cuss/curse, yell at God saying His mighty name in vain, inflict violence, break stuff, etc... Ya, I said it and it's all true, that is all on my resume. Sure some of it doesn't happen anymore but too much of it still does happen. We really don't believe in the sovereignty of God when we react like this, we don't believe that He has this whole thing mapped out and He is who He said He is (Denny Green style). Ask yourself this, why don't we believe that God have the sqauds best interest in mind at all times? He created this and He is in charge, this is all for His holy purpose, the greatest story ever told, the end is already written, believe in that fact. Remember; Our God is in the heavens, He does all He pleases (Psalm 115:3). We can't allow things to discourage us and lead us to the slaughtering effects of sin. We have to meditate on the victory and our identity being in Christ not this world. I felt one of Adam's best points was that the world is looking at us and how we as christians react to trouble. To the world I say "here is my coke (probably water) and here is my smile" I know where I'm going to spend eternity. Revelation 17:17 makes another example of how everything that happens is under God's watch and He allows it, even Christ's death. Nobody can escape the sovereign control of God, it will get easier when we submit, accept and trust. Blessings, don't mind my spotty topics, blame it on Waino he got me bouncing!