Charles Spurgeon Commentary Genesis 45:7

"And God sent me before you to preserve you a remnant in the earth, and to save you alive by a great deliverance." — Genesis 45:7 (ASV)

How wonderfully those two things meet in practical harmony—the free will of man and the predestination of God! Man acts just as freely and just as guiltily as if there were no predestination whatever; and God ordains, arranges, supervises, and overrules, just as accurately as if there were no free will in the universe. There are some short-sighted people who only believe one or the other of these two truths; yet they are both true, and the one is as true as the other.

I believe that much of the theology which is tinged with free will is true, and I know that the teaching which fully proclaims electing love and sovereign grace is also true; and you may find much of both these truths in the Scriptures. The fault lies in trying to compress all truth under either of those two heads. These men were truly guilty for selling their brother, yet God was truly wise in permitting him to be sold. The inference which Joseph draws from their misconduct is, of course, an inference of love. Love may not be always logical, but it is sweetly consoling, as it must have been in this case.