Lessons From The
Life Of Joseph
Genesis 37-50
As you read the last fourteen chapters of
Genesis it is difficult to miss the spiritual lessons revealed in the life of
Joseph. Here are five of those lessons which we need to lay to heart.
1. Our God
is absolutely sovereign (Gen. 45:5; 50:20). Nothing happened to Joseph by
accident. God, who is above all, ruled and overruled all the events recorded in
these chapters, all creatures and all their actions, good and bad, to
accomplish his will and purpose concerning Joseph and his people. All men and
women, righteous and wicked, all the elements of nature, the weather,the crops,
and the cattle, even the dreams of a pagan king were used of God to accomplish
his purpose!
2. The
wisdom of this world is foolishness(I Cor.1:20). In
Joseph's time Egypt, the land of the Pharaoh's, was the most advanced
civilization in the world, the center of learning,science,and culture. But the
Egyptians were idolaters.Hence,they had no true
wisdom. The light they had was darkness. All their wise men could not decipher
the meaning of Pharaoh's dreams and tell him what God was about to do. Pharaoh
had to turn to Joseph, the only man in the land who knew God, for instruction.
3. All true
wisdom and knowledge begin with faith (Psa. 111:10; Prov.
4. All
things work together for good to God's elect (Rom.
5. God
honors those who honor him (I Sam.
Don Fortner