Saturday, July 18, 2020
Joseph’s Dream
Sent Ahead
Do not be distressed and so not reproach yourselves for having sold me here. It was really for the sake of saving lives that God sent me here ahead of you.
Amazingly, Joseph is able to forgive his brothers who years before had sold him – the favored son – into slavery. His fidelity to God brings him solace and rescue. His hope in God brings him salvation and healing. His love of God brings him humility and transformation.
God says: We can see how difficult life was for my servant Joseph yet Joseph continued to trust me even as his blessed and happy life became one of hardship and confusion. Joseph had always been marked as special and his brothers plotted first to kill him out of their envy. Later they sold him to a passing caravan and lied to their father Jacob about what had taken place. For years their sorrow festered. Not so with Joseph. Despite the turmoil Joseph kept his eye on me. Despite the frustration Joseph spoke with me. Despite the fear Joseph trusted in me. It was for these reasons that Joseph was able to fulfill the dream I placed in him: he was willing to go ahead of the Hebrew nation so that many might be saved.
God brings good out of all harm. We need not waste ourselves with worry and anxiety. Each of us has a place in God’s plan of salvation. We only need be open to the outrageous possibility of God’s dream for us.
To better understand Joseph’s fidelity in the face of crisis and how each of us may be sent ahead, read the story of Joseph and His Brothers in Genesis Chapters 37 to 50.
For more about the emotions of resentment and envy, visit: https://www.intentionalcommunication.com/envy-jealousy-resentment-the-comparison-emotions-at-work-reprise/
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