The Lord is awe-inspiring, fascinating, intriguing, majestic, and full of splendor: breathtaking! Here is what I saw of him in Genesis 45:24,
“Then he sent his brothers away, and as they were leaving he said to them, ‘Don't quarrel on the way!’”
Joseph admonishes his brothers to not quarrel on the way as he sends them back to Canaan to bring Jacob and the household down to live in Egypt. Joseph is fully aware of the accusations and recriminations that would quite likely ensue once they leave his presence after all that had happened.
To me this speaks of a man with an incredible heart. I suspect many of us would feel these siblings ought to be very hard on one another given what they had done to Joseph, let alone the grief they put their father through for the many years after they had lied to him about Joseph being killed. But not Joseph, he doesn’t want them to devour one another.
This brings to mind the wonderful heart of our Lord. As we are on the way, he does not want us quarreling with one another, devouring one another. He asks us to forgive one another when we have been wronged. “Therefore, as God's chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity.” Colossians 3:12-14. Our Lord is a merciful and kind God who wants us all to treat one another as he has treated us. He has shown us kindness. He has shown us mercy and forgiveness. He extends his grace to us and loves us. What a heart this is!! And he wants us to treat one another in the same way… even when the other deserves otherwise.
Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share your theme of worship with us from your Bible reading today. We’d love to hear from you!
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