Genesis 50:17 ‘This is what you are to say to Joseph: I ask you to forgive your brothers the sins and the wrongs they committed in treating you so badly.’ Now please forgive the sins of the servants of the God of your father.” When their message came to him, Joseph wept.
What would your reaction be if someone said you had to forgive someone for doing something against you – something you really hated!
I’m not sure what Joseph’s feelings were in the beginning, but I’m sure he was not very pleased with being sold as a slave. Now he was being asked to forgive those same people who sold him!
What would you do if God asked you to do something very difficult?