GOD'S CAREER PATH (46 OF 54)
by Keith Krell
Scripture: Genesis 39:1, Genesis 39:5-19, Genesis 39:120-123
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God's Career Path (46 of 54)
Series: The Book of Beginnings
Keith Krell
Genesis 39:1-23
Yesterday, Lori and I met some friends in Tacoma for dinner. Our rendezvous point to carpool to the restaurant was Krispy Kreme's. Lori and I arrived early and decided to indulge ourselves with a doughnut before our dinner. I know...not a good idea. (We confessed our sin to our friends.) Anyway, while we were there I decided to watch how the doughnuts were created. The process is quite remarkable. First, the little balls of dough are shot through with a piercing blast of air to create a hole. Then the flat doughnuts are forced to spend time in the ''proof box'' where they ride a vertical elevator up and down in an atmosphere of heat and humidity. This is what allows the flat dough to rise. Then the soon-to-be delicacies are dropped into hot oil in order to be cooked thoroughly. As the circular survivors make their way toward the end of the line, they pass through a cascading waterfall of icing.
Whew! What abuse! These poor little fellows have to go through quite a bit of pain only to be consumed by a ravenous beast like me. Yet, it is the trials that these lumps of dough have to endure that make them into tasty Krispy Kreme doughnuts.
In Genesis 39, Joseph is going to experience Krispy Kreme like trials. He is going to be drilled by his brothers into slavery. He is going to have to deal with the incessant heat and humidity of a woman. And he is going to be dropped into the hot oil of false accusation and prison. These are severe trials! Yet, these are a few of the trials that develop Joseph into a godly man. Just as the poor doughnut's trials produce a product of great delight to me, the trials God allows in our lives bring about in us what delights Him. In all the anguish of our trials, God's invisible hand of grace and sovereignty is present with us.
Scene 1: (39:1-6)
Our story begins in 39:1: ''Now Joseph had been taken down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an Egyp ...
Series: The Book of Beginnings
Keith Krell
Genesis 39:1-23
Yesterday, Lori and I met some friends in Tacoma for dinner. Our rendezvous point to carpool to the restaurant was Krispy Kreme's. Lori and I arrived early and decided to indulge ourselves with a doughnut before our dinner. I know...not a good idea. (We confessed our sin to our friends.) Anyway, while we were there I decided to watch how the doughnuts were created. The process is quite remarkable. First, the little balls of dough are shot through with a piercing blast of air to create a hole. Then the flat doughnuts are forced to spend time in the ''proof box'' where they ride a vertical elevator up and down in an atmosphere of heat and humidity. This is what allows the flat dough to rise. Then the soon-to-be delicacies are dropped into hot oil in order to be cooked thoroughly. As the circular survivors make their way toward the end of the line, they pass through a cascading waterfall of icing.
Whew! What abuse! These poor little fellows have to go through quite a bit of pain only to be consumed by a ravenous beast like me. Yet, it is the trials that these lumps of dough have to endure that make them into tasty Krispy Kreme doughnuts.
In Genesis 39, Joseph is going to experience Krispy Kreme like trials. He is going to be drilled by his brothers into slavery. He is going to have to deal with the incessant heat and humidity of a woman. And he is going to be dropped into the hot oil of false accusation and prison. These are severe trials! Yet, these are a few of the trials that develop Joseph into a godly man. Just as the poor doughnut's trials produce a product of great delight to me, the trials God allows in our lives bring about in us what delights Him. In all the anguish of our trials, God's invisible hand of grace and sovereignty is present with us.
Scene 1: (39:1-6)
Our story begins in 39:1: ''Now Joseph had been taken down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an Egyp ...
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