We all have dreams and desires. When we marry, we dream of the happily-ever-after life and all that comes with living with the person we love. When we have children, we dream of them growing up and becoming the next great leader, inventor, doctor and such. When life turns in an unexpected direction, what about our dreams? Did we miss God? In Genesis 37, we read about how Joseph dreamed that his brothers would bow down to him. Not just…
In a previous post, I wrote about Resolve to Trust God where we looked at Joseph’s life. His brothers hated him and sold him into slavery. After about a decade of slavery, his master’s wife accused him of attempted rape. That false accusation landed Joseph in prison. Both as a slave and as a prisoner, Joseph trusted God. That is evident as God’s favor was upon Joseph. (See Gen 39:21.) While in prison, the Lord was with Joseph and whatever Joseph…
Joseph’s brothers despised him because he was their father’s favorite of the twelve. Because of their father’s open partiality, the brothers hated Joseph and would not even say a kind word to him. Then one night Joseph shared a dream with his brothers. “We were out in the field, tying up bundles of grain. Suddenly my bundle stood up, and your bundles all gathered around and bowed low before mine!” (Genesis 37:7 NLT) Well, this stirred up Joseph’s brothers’ hatred…