The Lord is awe-inspiring, fearsome, fascinating, intriguing, majestic, and full of splendor: breathtaking! Here is what I saw of him today and what came to my heart and mind in Genesis 40:8b,
"Do not interpretations belong to God? Tell me your dreams."
Two of Pharaoh's officials had been imprisoned where Joseph was imprisoned (who was falsely accused of attempting to rape the wife of the captain of Pharaoh's guard). These two officials were the chief cupbearer and the baker. After they had been there "for some time" in prison they each had a dream of their own on the same night. They must have sensed there was something important about the dreams and felt dejected the following morning as they had no idea what the dreams might have meant.
Both dreams included threes (which turned out to reference three days) and concerned their respective occupations. The cupbearer had a dream of a vine with three branches and the baker had a dream of three baskets of bread. Joseph noticed they were dejected the following morning and asked why they were so sad. They told him about the dreams to which he responded, "Do not interpretations belong to God? Tell me your dreams."
"Do not interpretations belong to God? Tell me your dreams."
Two of Pharaoh's officials had been imprisoned where Joseph was imprisoned (who was falsely accused of attempting to rape the wife of the captain of Pharaoh's guard). These two officials were the chief cupbearer and the baker. After they had been there "for some time" in prison they each had a dream of their own on the same night. They must have sensed there was something important about the dreams and felt dejected the following morning as they had no idea what the dreams might have meant.
Both dreams included threes (which turned out to reference three days) and concerned their respective occupations. The cupbearer had a dream of a vine with three branches and the baker had a dream of three baskets of bread. Joseph noticed they were dejected the following morning and asked why they were so sad. They told him about the dreams to which he responded, "Do not interpretations belong to God? Tell me your dreams."
God had given the dreams to the cupbearer and baker and gave the interpretation of the dreams to Joseph. This became a part of a set of events that eventuated into Joseph being recognized by Pharaoh in such a way that Joseph became second only to Pharaoh in all of Egypt. God's purpose in it was to facilitate the moving of Jacob's family into Egypt as an environment where the family could prosper into a vibrant nation that Egypt would eventually feel threatened by in the days of Moses several centuries later.
I can't help but notice how dark and gloomy the turns in Joseph's life had become at times when God was working these things out. At some point, however, God's purposes were accomplished and things came together just has he intended. Not only that, but Joseph certainly enjoyed success in life few will ever attain.
All things always come together when God is pursuing his purposes. For us, it may not feel like it at times, but it just may be that God is afoot pursuing an outcome he desires and we just might be caught up in it. In Joseph's case, it was only after the fact that he could have seen the things he experienced from that perspective.
It just might be that way for as well.
Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share what moved you about him from your Bible reading today. I'd love to hear from you!
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Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share what moved you about him from your Bible reading today. I'd love to hear from you!
If you have someone you would like to receive these ruminations, send me their email address. I'm happy to add them to the list. If you are receiving this and would like to be removed from the list, just reply and let me know. A blog with all my posts can be found here: http://worshipfortoday.blogspot.com/
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