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 44:16b,
"We are now my lord's slaves—we ourselves and the one who was found to have the cup."
Joseph sprung an exquisitely laid trap on his brothers who had sold him into slavery! Judah speaks for himself and his brothers here, fulfilling exactly the dreams God gave Joseph as a younger boy.
"Joseph had a dream, and when he told it to his brothers, they hated him all the more. He said to them, 'Listen to this dream I had: We were binding sheaves of grain out in the field when suddenly my sheaf rose and stood upright, while your sheaves gathered around mine and bowed down to it.' His brothers said to him, 'Do you intend to reign over us? Will you actually rule us?' And they hated him all the more because of his dream and what he had said. Then he had another dream, and he told it to his brothers. 'Listen,' he said, 'I had another dream, and this time the sun and moon and eleven stars were bowing down to me.' When he told his father as well as his brothers, his father rebuked him and said, 'What is this dream you had? Will your mother and I and your brothers actually come and bow down to the ground before you?' His brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept the matter in mind." Genesis 37:5-11.
Joseph's dreams (as well as his father's preferential treatment of him over his brothers) were the actual impetus that brought his brothers resentment of him and led them to sell him into slavery. It was the selling of Joseph into slavery and the resulting amazing events (authored by God) that propelled him to eventually becoming the second in command in Egypt. From that position his brothers found themselves subordinated to him. Their very words to Joseph when he was a boy of thirteen, "Will you actually rule us?" came precisely true!
"We are now my lord's slaves—we ourselves and the one who was found to have the cup."
Joseph sprung an exquisitely laid trap on his brothers who had sold him into slavery! Judah speaks for himself and his brothers here, fulfilling exactly the dreams God gave Joseph as a younger boy.
"Joseph had a dream, and when he told it to his brothers, they hated him all the more. He said to them, 'Listen to this dream I had: We were binding sheaves of grain out in the field when suddenly my sheaf rose and stood upright, while your sheaves gathered around mine and bowed down to it.' His brothers said to him, 'Do you intend to reign over us? Will you actually rule us?' And they hated him all the more because of his dream and what he had said. Then he had another dream, and he told it to his brothers. 'Listen,' he said, 'I had another dream, and this time the sun and moon and eleven stars were bowing down to me.' When he told his father as well as his brothers, his father rebuked him and said, 'What is this dream you had? Will your mother and I and your brothers actually come and bow down to the ground before you?' His brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept the matter in mind." Genesis 37:5-11.
Joseph's dreams (as well as his father's preferential treatment of him over his brothers) were the actual impetus that brought his brothers resentment of him and led them to sell him into slavery. It was the selling of Joseph into slavery and the resulting amazing events (authored by God) that propelled him to eventually becoming the second in command in Egypt. From that position his brothers found themselves subordinated to him. Their very words to Joseph when he was a boy of thirteen, "Will you actually rule us?" came precisely true!
The dreams themselves that God gave Joseph when he was a boy became a big part of the vehicle that led to their fulfillment.
You just can't make this stuff up!
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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