From Abraham to Isaac to Jacob and now here comes Joseph; scoundrel, scalawag, scamp and blessed by God. I don't know how it works, but God is faithful. How much these stories should inspire us to walk humbly before our God. He can turn a whimpering conniver into the father of many nations. He can take a braggart and a dreamer and make them his chosen vessel to deliver a nation to be a blessing to the world. How much more can he do with us if we yield ourselves and seek his face.
Then I come to a chapter like Genesis 36 and I wonder what we are to do with it. I really don't know, maybe God will reveal a purpose one day to me, but until them, my advice to you is to keep reading....something good is about to happen and here come Joseph and his many colored coat.
Joseph, son of Jacob by Rachel.....full of dreams and a constant pain in the (?) to his older brothers. How could God make a leader of this one.....perhaps send him to a foreign land for a time of seasoning and maturation. Did you notice was sold for 20 pieces of silver......did that remind you of another time in the Bible when evil tried to overcome God's will be selling a life? And there is Abraham's 1st son being used to preserve God's purpose as the Ishmaelite's carry Joseph away. Since we just finished the Christmas story.....is that just like God.....as he used a Roman Caesar to get Mary and Joseph to Bethlehem so that an ancient prophecy could be fulfilled..."out of Egypt" and here we are again on a great journey of discovery.
It seems one of the great lessons of these stories is simply to trust in the one who has claimed you....trust in Jehovah....El Shaddai...Almighty God....he alone is able to see beyond the difficulties of this moment to the great glory that he intends.
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