Dreamers
Rex Yancey
Genesis 41:1-8, 14-16, 25-33,39-41
If you watch the news at all, you have heard about dreamers. Dreamers are illegal aliens who were brought here as children. They would like nothing better than a path to citizenship. They are being tossed around like a political football in Washington because one party is afraid the other party will get credit for giving them a path to citizenship and gain their vote.
I want to talk about a dreamer today. His name was Joseph. A. W. Tozer said, ''It is doubtful whether God can bless a man greatly until he has hurt him deeply.'' Joseph had been hurt greatly in his life.
He was rejected and mistreated by his brothers. He was humiliated when they stripped him of his coat and sold him into slavery. He was seduced by a beautiful woman. He was falsly accused after resisting her advances. He suffered physically. He suffered depression when the Butler forgot about him for two years.
God hurt Joseph, so his work could go forward.
God made sure Joseph would be made a slave and brought to Potiphar. He made sure Potiphar's wife would accuse him so that he would be put in prison. He made sure the keeper of the prison would like Joseph. He made sure Joseph would be in prison with the two officials who had fallen into disfavor with Pharaoh. He made sure the king would have a dream that neither he nor his magicians could interpret.
God has allowed this man to hurt deeply. Now he is going to bless him greatly.
1.THE INTERPRETATION
The butler and baker had a dream in prison they could not interpret. Joseph had a gift of interpreting dream. Hebrews 1:1 says, ''God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets.'' He spoke through dreams and visions. Joseph dreamed that one day his brothers would bow down to him.
He interpreted their dreams by saying the baker would have his head lifted from him in three days. The Baker would be restored to his original ...
Rex Yancey
Genesis 41:1-8, 14-16, 25-33,39-41
If you watch the news at all, you have heard about dreamers. Dreamers are illegal aliens who were brought here as children. They would like nothing better than a path to citizenship. They are being tossed around like a political football in Washington because one party is afraid the other party will get credit for giving them a path to citizenship and gain their vote.
I want to talk about a dreamer today. His name was Joseph. A. W. Tozer said, ''It is doubtful whether God can bless a man greatly until he has hurt him deeply.'' Joseph had been hurt greatly in his life.
He was rejected and mistreated by his brothers. He was humiliated when they stripped him of his coat and sold him into slavery. He was seduced by a beautiful woman. He was falsly accused after resisting her advances. He suffered physically. He suffered depression when the Butler forgot about him for two years.
God hurt Joseph, so his work could go forward.
God made sure Joseph would be made a slave and brought to Potiphar. He made sure Potiphar's wife would accuse him so that he would be put in prison. He made sure the keeper of the prison would like Joseph. He made sure Joseph would be in prison with the two officials who had fallen into disfavor with Pharaoh. He made sure the king would have a dream that neither he nor his magicians could interpret.
God has allowed this man to hurt deeply. Now he is going to bless him greatly.
1.THE INTERPRETATION
The butler and baker had a dream in prison they could not interpret. Joseph had a gift of interpreting dream. Hebrews 1:1 says, ''God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets.'' He spoke through dreams and visions. Joseph dreamed that one day his brothers would bow down to him.
He interpreted their dreams by saying the baker would have his head lifted from him in three days. The Baker would be restored to his original ...
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