Story out of Genesis 41:1-57 42:1-38
Joseph has now come from the pit to Potiphar's house to the prison house now to the palace. (Eccl 7:8) “Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof, and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
God says if you and I will be patient with my plan and not allow our pride, our agenda to get in the way, God will bring blessings. Joseph is now 30 years old and New Blessings have arrived.
First God promotes him to become the Prime Minister of Egypt. God is using him to prepare for the worst famine the world has ever seen. While Joseph is managing and overseeing his work, God continues to add blessings.
Second God gives him a wife. Pharaoh gave Joseph an Egyptian wife, Asenath. He that finds a wife finds a good thing and obtains favor of the Lord. (Proverbs 18:22)
Third God gives a bumper crop to administer. Food is coming in at a record rate, there's a famine on the way. Joseph collected so much grain-it was like the sand of the ocean!-that he finally quit keeping track.
Fourth God gives him a son. Joseph named his firstborn Manasseh, which means To Forget. One of the worst things you and I can do is to hold on to our pain, our hurt, and our sorrow, Joseph has moved on from his sorrow with a smile.
Fifth God gives him another son. Joseph named him Ephraim, which means “double prosperity.” I believe that God can give you double for your trouble. After Job had dealt with such grief and heartache in his life, God gave him twice what he started with. God is doing the same here for Joseph; he's giving him prosperity in the land of his sorrow.
Sixth God sets in motion to bring his family home. God begins to work out the details to bring his brothers and his dad to a place of protection and provision. In Chapter 42 we see the sovereign act of God to preserve the promises of God that was promised to Abraham.
Seventh The Dream has come to pass. When God makes a promise of Blessings, you can count on it and take it to the bank. It may not come in your time frame, but in the end God will have the final say. God is not slack concerning his promises as some men count slackness. (2 Peter 2:9a)
It would have been real easy for Joseph to lose heart in the pit, in Potiphar's house, in the prison house, but God had a plan from the beginning to take himto the palace.
Where is God taking you today? Are you still on the trajectory path that He has drawn out for your life? If you have turned your situation into sorrow and sadness, allow God to turn your tears into joy. Friend wait on His New Blessings, they’re on the way.
oceanwayag.com "video of this message on Sunday Morning January 29th 2012"
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God says if you and I will be patient with my plan and not allow our pride, our agenda to get in the way, God will bring blessings. Joseph is now 30 years old and New Blessings have arrived.
First God promotes him to become the Prime Minister of Egypt. God is using him to prepare for the worst famine the world has ever seen. While Joseph is managing and overseeing his work, God continues to add blessings.
Second God gives him a wife. Pharaoh gave Joseph an Egyptian wife, Asenath. He that finds a wife finds a good thing and obtains favor of the Lord. (Proverbs 18:22)
Third God gives a bumper crop to administer. Food is coming in at a record rate, there's a famine on the way. Joseph collected so much grain-it was like the sand of the ocean!-that he finally quit keeping track.
Fourth God gives him a son. Joseph named his firstborn Manasseh, which means To Forget. One of the worst things you and I can do is to hold on to our pain, our hurt, and our sorrow, Joseph has moved on from his sorrow with a smile.
Fifth God gives him another son. Joseph named him Ephraim, which means “double prosperity.” I believe that God can give you double for your trouble. After Job had dealt with such grief and heartache in his life, God gave him twice what he started with. God is doing the same here for Joseph; he's giving him prosperity in the land of his sorrow.
Sixth God sets in motion to bring his family home. God begins to work out the details to bring his brothers and his dad to a place of protection and provision. In Chapter 42 we see the sovereign act of God to preserve the promises of God that was promised to Abraham.
Seventh The Dream has come to pass. When God makes a promise of Blessings, you can count on it and take it to the bank. It may not come in your time frame, but in the end God will have the final say. God is not slack concerning his promises as some men count slackness. (2 Peter 2:9a)
It would have been real easy for Joseph to lose heart in the pit, in Potiphar's house, in the prison house, but God had a plan from the beginning to take himto the palace.
Where is God taking you today? Are you still on the trajectory path that He has drawn out for your life? If you have turned your situation into sorrow and sadness, allow God to turn your tears into joy. Friend wait on His New Blessings, they’re on the way.
oceanwayag.com "video of this message on Sunday Morning January 29th 2012"
http://oceanwayag.com/index.php/media/videoshare?task=viewvideo&video_id=147
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