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I. Me and We
Missing the end of the story...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9Av2l4t0U4
We want resolutions…sometimes, however, we don’t wait long enough.
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God
A. In a Pit
Joseph was the favorite.
Jacob loved him more than any of the other children.
Not only that, he was one of the youngest.
Envy boiled in the heart of his older brothers.
So much envy that they could not even speak peaceably to him!
To make matters worse, Joseph had dreams of greatness.
He dreamed that even his brothers and father would end up bowing down to him.
This is the kind of dream that, if you have it, you make sure to keep it to yourself!
No good can come from sharing such a dream.
However, Joseph didn’t have a strong enough character to keep it to himself, so he let his brothers know.
Genesis 3:
An opportunity came to get rid of Joseph.
They had the murder all planned out.
They would kill him, throw him into a pit, and say that a wild animal had killed him.
Their envy was now matured and giving birth to a murderous plan.
I’ve always wondered what it was like for Joseph.
Having his brother take him and him into a pit must have been terrifying.
We get some sense of what it might have been like later .
Later they talk about the day they threw Joseph into a pit.
They heard him pleading with them.
His cries of help went unheeded.
I wonder if they were sitting down eating lunch as he cried out for help and mercy.
THe only mercy he received was being sold into slavery.
Jospeh began with high hopes and big dreams.
Envy caused his brothers to put him in a pit
He was sold into slavery
B. In Prison
He did well in Potifer’s house.
He was in charge.
This was not where Joseph wanted to be, but, he did well.
God was with him.
Everything he did prospered and he was given more and more responsibility.
Life was going as well as it could given the circumstances, but all that was about to change.
Genesis 39:7-
Jospeh was standing up for what was right.
Perhaps the reason why we read that God was with him was because he was with God.
Genesis 39:
Genesis 39:
Again, an opportunity arose…not for Joseph to be freed, but for someone to take advantage of him.
This time potifer’s wife, upset that Joseph continues to rebuff her advances, sees an opportunity when Jospeh runs leaving his garment in her hand.
Genesis 39:11-12
Genesis 39:13
She lies.
She lies.
She lies.
which lands Jospeh in prison.
Genesis 39:20
Once again we learn that GOd was with Joseph.
Perhaps the bible continues to tell us this because given the story, it would be easy to forget.
Given all of Joseph’s trouble, it would be easy to wonder where God was.
Nevertheless, Joseph continues to prosper.
He continued to do well
He was accused of a crime he didn’t commit
He was put in prison
C. Forgotten
Then…we think he finally catches a break.
Two prisoners have dreams.
He interprets them.
The cupbearer’s dream indicated that he was going to be restored back to his positon as cupbearer.
Joseph thinks he finally has a chance to get out of the prision.
Genesis 40:14
The guy just can’t catch a break!
Genesis 40:
We learn that he was in prison two more years…forgotten.
Genesis 41:
I wonder how he felt at this point.
Was he ready to give up?
Was he ready to call out to God in anger?
Genesis 41:39-
He still did well
He intrepreted a dream (and would receive freedom for his kindness)
He was forgotten…UNTIL! the right time.
III.
You and Us
Gideon’s Question:
Could our troubles be part of something bigger?
What if God wants to use our troubles for his glory and kingdom?
God didn’t cause these things…but he never left Jospeh becuase, I believer, JOseph never lost hope in God.
Joseph was able to believe that even in light of his difficulty, God was still at work.
What if, we knew that we were never alone?
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