The Lord was with Joseph

12/28/2007 8:59 AM

SPIRITUAL DIARY

My Worship Time                              Focus:  The Lord was with Joseph

Bible Reading & Meditation             Reference:  Genesis 39:1-6

            Message of the verses:  “1 ¶  Now Joseph had been taken down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an Egyptian officer of Pharaoh, the captain of the bodyguard, bought him from the Ishmaelites, who had taken him down there.

2  The LORD was with Joseph, so he became a successful man. And he was in the house of his master, the Egyptian.

3  Now his master saw that the LORD was with him and how the LORD caused all that he did to prosper in his hand.

4  So Joseph found favor in his sight and became his personal servant; and he made him overseer over his house, and all that he owned he put in his charge.

5  It came about that from the time he made him overseer in his house and over all that he owned, the LORD blessed the Egyptian’s house on account of Joseph; thus the LORD’S blessing was upon all that he owned, in the house and in the field.

6  So he left everything he owned in Joseph’s charge; and with him there he did not concern himself with anything except the food which he ate. Now Joseph was handsome in form and appearance.”

            The Lord was with Joseph is a theme in these next chapters, for God surely blessed Joseph in the bad times and also in the good times. 

            When you look at the life of Joseph from the book of Genesis there are hills and valleys in it, yet Joseph was always faithful to the Lord, and God blessed Joseph in all that he did.  Joseph went down to Egypt as a boy, but quickly grew into a man, and remembered what his father had taught him about the Lord, and I’m sure all about the covenant blessings which started with Abraham, went on through Isaac and then to Jacob.  God had Joseph in Egypt for a very important reason, and that was to save the family of Israel, and make them into a great nation. 

            It was because God blessed Joseph that he quickly became a blessing to Potiphar and his whole household.  Potiphar noticed that everything Joseph did was blessed by the Lord so he gave him charge over his entire household.  I’m sure that when Potiphar went to work that he bragged about how Joseph was such a great servant.

            Spiritual meaning for my life today:  Joseph was faithful to the Lord even though things did not work out the way he may have planned that they work out, and even though things are not working out for me and my family they way I would like them to I still need to faithful to the Lord in all that I do, just like Joseph. 

My Steps of Faith Today:  Be faithful to the Lord in all that I do.