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The story of Joseph is a story that reflec Joseph himself didn’t help. Telling your brothers that at some point in the future they are going to bow down to you isn’t your greatest moment and who knows what other ‘I can’t believe he said that’ moments were had over the 17 years before his brothers dumped him in a disused well. He was 29 years old when he got recognised by Pharaoh so he had to deal with around 12 years of being abandoned by his family and becoming a slave. What went through his head over this time? His faith doesn’t waiver but neither will it have been a barrel of laughs. He’ll have gone through some very low times. I reckon that God wants this story in the Bible because it speaks of a divine guarantee. Joseph endured 12 years in the pits then had a long time of enjoying an influential position in which he could make life better for others. The story is included in the Bible because it speaks of a divine guarantee for people going through a pit experience. Remember what Paul says in Romans 15: “May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing [through the experience of your faith] that by the power of the Holy Spirit you will abound in hope and overflow with confidence in His promises.” Romans 15:13 Stories like Joseph’s are retold because God wants us to know that he can take any mess and reshape it. from Walking in Faith |
ts problems of families today. Here is a family helped in its dysfunction by a father who didn’t make the best decisions to build his children’s self-esteem. Giving one child a Ralph Lauren fashion garment and making the rest do with supermarket stuff isn’t maybe the best thing to do for your children’s sense of togetherness.