God Begins to Move in Joseph's Life (Gen. 41:1-8)

 

SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 01-02-2008

 

My Worship Time                                                                  Focus:  God Begins to Move

 

Bible Reading & Meditation                                         Reference: Genesis 41:1-8

 

            Message of the verses:  “1 Now it happened at the end of two full years that Pharaoh had a dream, and behold, he was standing by the Nile.  2  And lo, from the Nile there came up seven cows, sleek and fat; and they grazed in the marsh grass.  3  Then behold, seven other cows came up after them from the Nile, ugly and gaunt, and they stood by the other cows on the bank of the Nile.  4  The ugly and gaunt cows ate up the seven sleek and fat cows. Then Pharaoh awoke.  5  He fell asleep and dreamed a second time; and behold, seven ears of grain came up on a single stalk, plump and good.  6  Then behold, seven ears, thin and scorched by the east wind, sprouted up after them.  7  The thin ears swallowed up the seven plump and full ears. Then Pharaoh awoke, and behold, it was a dream.  8  Now in the morning his spirit was troubled, so he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt, and all its wise men. And Pharaoh told them his dreams, but there was no one who could interpret them to Pharaoh.”

 

            The events of Pharaoh’s dreams too place two years after the dreams of the cupbearer and the chief baker, and Joseph was 30 years old when he interrupted the dreams of Pharaoh, so Joseph was in the hard times of his life, the times when God was building character for thirteen years, which I am sure seemed like a longer time than that for him.

            God begins his work to take Joseph out of the prison with a dream that he gave to Pharaoh, two dreams to be exact, and God did not allow the magicians to be able to interrupt these dreams because it was in God’s plan to allow Joseph to interrupt these dreams and then bring him to the throne.  Dr. Wiersbe points out that no where in the book of Genesis is the sovereignty of God seen more than in chapter forty-one, as these were not just events that happened out of chance, but were set in motion by God.  

 

            Spiritual meaning for my life today:  I have been relating the events that happened in the life of Joseph with some of the things that have been happening in the life of my family that is Sandy and me.  I would hope and pray that this would be the year when the Lord beings to work in our lives like he worked in Joseph at this time of the story that I am at, at this time.  No, we have not been in prison or made slaves in our lives as was with Joseph, but there have been some things in our lives that have happened to us that were wrong just as in the life of Joseph.  I believe that God does have a plan for us and that there will come a day when God will restore to our lives what has been taken away from us, but in the mean time I hope we will be found faithful to the cause of Christ. 

 

My Steps of Faith Today:  To continue to learn from the situation that I find myself in and to continue to trust in the Lord to work it out for my good and for His glory.