Today’s thought from Genesis 37-39
As we open the life of Joseph several things are evident, he has God’s blessing upon him, he is a favorite child (a problem not a blessing) he is loathed to the point of almost murder by his siblings, and he is a very capable leader. In the few short chapters we see that God is beginning to reveal to Joseph that he has a very special plan for him, through his dreams he is given a glimpse of what his role in his family will be, even thought it isn’t supported by his birth order. We also see what destructive nature a fathers favoritism does to the relationship between Joseph and his brother. While I doubt that favoritism is the only catalyst here since Joseph had no apparent problem sharing his dreams with his brothers and his father. That favoritism stoked an already hot set of coals. But is most apparent that God has a plan for him, He is blessed at every turn even in his darkest moments, of slavery and prison, God has his eye on Joseph and Joseph, aware or not of God’s presence has the foresight to make the best of an ever increasingly worst situation and develop real leadership and authority out of it. We learn that Joseph is honorable even when taken advantage of and will not dishonor himself before his God for his own or other selfish pleasure. As a result God is with him in his deepest despair. Joseph must have in those prison moments thought back to his dreams/visions and wondered how they would ever be fulfilled when he found himself sold as a slave and now locked in a foreign prison. I can’t imagine it gets much bleaker than that. Yet even there Joseph is elevated to leadership because of the obvious blessing that is on him from his God. As seen with Joseph, when God’s blessing is with you there is little that seams impossible to bear.
Have a great day
Rob
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