The Lord is awe-inspiring, fascinating, intriguing, majestic, and full of splendor: breathtaking! Here is what I saw of him in Genesis 40:23,
“The chief cupbearer, however, did not remember Joseph; he forgot him.”
This comment is made by Moses after he tells us about the interpretation of the dreams the cupbearer and chief baker had. After Joseph had told these men the meaning of their dreams that God had given them, Joseph asked the cupbearer to remember him by letting Pharaoh know he was accused falsely. And, as we see, the cupbearer forgot all about Joseph (at least for the time being).
Things just seem to go from bad to worse for Joseph. His brothers planned to murder him, they threw him in a cistern and then sold him as a slave to Ishmaelites, who then sold him to an Egyptian official, Potiphar. He was falsely accused of attempting to take advantage of Potiphar’s wife, thrown in prison and forgotten about.
But we read that the Lord was with Joseph, Genesis 39:21. I am reminded that the Lord is with us as well, as his children. Paul provides this wonderful truth to us in Romans 8:34b-39, “Christ Jesus, who died—more than that, who was raised to life—is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? As it is written: ‘For your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.’ No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
This is not the end of the story for Joseph, as we shall see. And, no matter what hardship we face in this life, just as with Joseph, it will not be the end of the story for us. The Lord will never remove his love from us. He will see us through whatever we face and see us safely into the resurrection. I can’t think of a more wonderful theme of worship than this! Our Lord’s love for us will remain regardless of anything that comes our way!
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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