INS:Pressure Packed

   Read Genesis 50:15-21

   Pressure Packed

   God meant it for good, in order to bring it about as it is this day,
to save many people alive. Gen. 50:20

   Scientists at the Carnegie Institute of Technology in Pittsburg have
recently generated the highest sustained pressure ever achieved in a
laboratory -2.7 million atmospheres. This amounts to nearly 40 million
pounds per square inch. These experiments are being conducted in an
effort to produce metallic hydrogen. Scientists theorize that hydrogen
will become a metal when subjected to between 2.5 to 3 million
atmospheres.

   Pressure means one thing in the controlled environment of the
science laboratory, but it means something quite different in the
explosive setting of human thoughts and feelings. In both laboratory
and personal life, however, pressure can be beneficial. Look at Joseph.
He was hated by his brothers, thrown into a hole, sold like a piece of
property,taken to a foreign country, and separated from his adoring
father. Then, after overcoming these trials,he was on the verge of
greatness when he was falsely accused of sexual misconduct and thrown
into prison. Yet the outcome was good. Through the pressures, God made
Joseph into one of the strongest spiritual heroes in the Bible.

   How can we survive the pressure of an evil environment like Joseph
did? Notice his reaction throughout his ordeal. He was kind(Gen.40:6,
7), moral (Gen.39:7-12), humble (Gen.41:16),wise (Gen.41:35),and
faithful (Gen.45:5-8). With the Lord's help we too can display these
characteristics. Then the pressures of life will make us - not break
us. -M.R.D.II

   Dear Father, we trust You now, And when the trials press We'll cling
to you more and more And wait for You to bless.

   -Adams

   WHEN THINGS GET ROUGH IT'S THE RUBBING THAT BRINGS OUT THE SHINE.
