You'll Get Through This by Max Lucado
Week 10: Chapter 9 — Dealing with Those Who Have Wronged You
Read Chapter 9 of You'll Get Through This. Primary Scripture: Genesis 50:15–21; Matthew 18:21–35.
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After Jacob dies, Joseph's brothers fear that the forgiveness was temporary — and their fear reveals how hard it is for us to believe that real forgiveness is possible, whether we are giving it or receiving it.
Discussion Questions
7 questions1.After Jacob's death, the brothers panic: 'What if Joseph still hates us?' (Genesis 50:15). Lucado notes that forgiveness can be so complete and so unexpected that the person forgiven can barely believe it. Have you ever found it hard to accept forgiveness — from God or from another person? What made it difficult?
2.Joseph weeps when his brothers grovel before him (Genesis 50:17). Lucado interprets this not as weakness but as the overflow of a man whose heart has been genuinely transformed. What does Joseph's emotional response tell us about the relationship between forgiveness and grief?
3.Genesis 50:20 — 'You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good' — is the theological summit of the entire book. Lucado calls it the grammar of grace. What would it mean for you to say a version of Genesis 50:20 over your own story? Is there a harm done to you that you are beginning to see God redeeming?
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