2008-07-28T15:38:26-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com /feeds/topics/interests/ http://hutchcraft.com/A-Word-With-You/Your-Mission/The-Platform-You-ve-Been-Given-3961 2008-07-28T15:38:26-05:00 And God uses your abilities and interests and life experiences to put you in a position in other people's lives that can literally change their eternal address. It's obvious that the Old Testament hero, Joseph, understood this divine platform thing. You can hear it in his words recorded in Genesis 50:20, our word for today from the Word of God. The Lord built Joseph's platform through the brutal attack of his brothers, his being sold into Egyptian slavery, his first job in Egypt, and then two years in prison for something he didn't do.