December 26, 2022
My dearly beloved in Christ, I greet and bless you all in the Name of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. One of the most blessed truths that is revealed in the holy scriptures of the Bible is that God has a special purpose to fulfil through the lives of His faithful servants. In the Bible we read about the life of Joseph, who was raised from the pit to the palace.
Jacob had 12 sons. And Joseph used to snitch about his brothers to his father Jacob. Now Jacob loved Joseph more than all his children, and he made him a tunic of many colours (Genesis 37:3). Then Joseph told his brothers about the dreams he had. He said, “Listen to this dream I had. We were all out in the field gathering bundles of wheat. Suddenly, my bundle stood straight up, and your bundles circled around it and bowed down to mine” (Genesis 37:7). He had another dream and told this one also to his brothers: “I dreamed another dream—the sun and moon and eleven stars bowed down to me!”(Genesis 37:9). When he told the dreams to his brothers, they hated him even more. His brothers had gone off to Shechem where they were pasturing their father’s flocks and so Jacob sent Joseph to enquire about their welfare. They spotted him off in the distance. By the time he got to them they had cooked up a plot to kill him.
“Come therefore, let us now kill him and cast him into some pit; and we shall say, ‘Some wild beast has devoured him.’ We shall see what will become of his dreams!” (Genesis 37:20).
Moreover, they stripped Joseph of his tunic, the tunic of many colours that was on him and cast him into a pit (Genesis 37:24).
Joseph was sold into slavery, the brothers pulled Joseph up and lifted him out of the pit and sold him to the Midianite traders for twenty shekels of silver. And they took Joseph to Egypt (Genesis 37: 28).
After Joseph had been taken to Egypt by the Midianite traders, Potiphar an Egyptian, one of Pharaoh’s officials and the manager of his household, bought him from them (Genesis 39:1).
And the Lord was with Joseph and had made him successful in everything he did.
The Bible says: “The Lord was with Joseph, and he was a successful man” (Genesis 39:2).
Moreover, Joseph was mistakenly thrown in prison. God not only rescued Joseph who was innocent but also made him leader over all of Egypt. Furthermore, the King said to Joseph, “you have greater wisdom and insight than anyone else.” Did Joseph’s dreams die with him in the pit? Not at all. God had a marvellous plan for Joseph and appointed him governor over all Egypt (Genesis 41:41).
My dear children of God, are you suffering due to many challenges just like Joseph? Are you lamenting that there is no one to come to your aid in your loneliness? Are you crying because you cannot see the end of the tunnel? Under such circumstances cling to God like Joseph, He will deliver you from every snare and raise you up. Do not be worried!
When you are a person of integrity in your profession and vocation, God will raise you to high positions! He will bring you up out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set your feet upon a rock, and establish your steps (Psalm 40:1,2). Hold firmly to God whatever be your circumstances.
God brought good out of all the trials that Joseph faced. He brought good out of the rejection and betrayal. He brought good out of Joseph’s imprisonment when he was falsely accused by Potiphar’s wife and He brought good out of the seven year famine.This same God can bring good out of any situation, challenge, rejection or betrayal that you may face or are currently facing. All He requires is your love for Him.
Let the Lord cause you to prosper. May He go before you as a Counsellor and make all the crooked paths straight! As you hold onto Him firmly, He will raise you from the pit to the palace just like He did for Joseph!
Prayer: Loving Heavenly Father, we thank you for this day. Lord, be with my children as You we were with Joseph in every part of his life. You will raise my children from the horrible pit and miry clay and set them upon the rock. Be their Counseller and Prince of Peace in the coming New Year and guide them.
In Jesus Name we pray
Amen.
