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Series: Joseph, Seeing the Good in God's Detours
Tim Badal
Genesis 41
We're in a series called ''Joseph: Seeing the Good in God's Detours.'' After church last week, a lady who is new to our church, new to the Bible and new to Christianity came up to me. She said, ''I may be out of place to ask this, but you talked about seeing the good in God's detours using this Joseph story I've never heard about before-and I haven't seen one yet. Everything in Joseph's life goes from bad to worse to terrible. What good is there in the process?'' I said, ''You'll have to come back next week. There will be some changes in Joseph's life, and you'll begin to see the good in all these detours.''
Maybe all this is new to you as well. Let me tell you where we've been so far. Starting in Genesis 37, we saw that Joseph was born into a dysfunctional and chaotic family. Joseph's father Jacob showed overt favoritism toward him, loving him more than any of his brothers. Jacob's affection for Joseph was very visible to his brothers and was symbolized by a coat of many colors Joseph was given.
While he was young, Joseph experienced God through two dreams, which he interpreted to mean that his brothers would one day bow down to him. This, added to the favoritism of his father, was an easy recipe for disaster. The anger of his brothers boiled over one day when Joseph, following the instruction of his father, traveled to check on them while they were shepherding Jacob's flocks in a nearby region. While Joseph was still far off, his brothers conspired to kill him. They were tired of the dreams, the coat, and their father's favoritism toward him. Then cooler heads prevailed, some greed rose up, and they decided instead to sell Joseph to some traders who were passing by. That way they would be rid of him without the guilt of murder, although they later led Jacob to believe Joseph had been killed by a wild animal.
The traders then took Joseph to Egypt, wh ...
Series: Joseph, Seeing the Good in God's Detours
Tim Badal
Genesis 41
We're in a series called ''Joseph: Seeing the Good in God's Detours.'' After church last week, a lady who is new to our church, new to the Bible and new to Christianity came up to me. She said, ''I may be out of place to ask this, but you talked about seeing the good in God's detours using this Joseph story I've never heard about before-and I haven't seen one yet. Everything in Joseph's life goes from bad to worse to terrible. What good is there in the process?'' I said, ''You'll have to come back next week. There will be some changes in Joseph's life, and you'll begin to see the good in all these detours.''
Maybe all this is new to you as well. Let me tell you where we've been so far. Starting in Genesis 37, we saw that Joseph was born into a dysfunctional and chaotic family. Joseph's father Jacob showed overt favoritism toward him, loving him more than any of his brothers. Jacob's affection for Joseph was very visible to his brothers and was symbolized by a coat of many colors Joseph was given.
While he was young, Joseph experienced God through two dreams, which he interpreted to mean that his brothers would one day bow down to him. This, added to the favoritism of his father, was an easy recipe for disaster. The anger of his brothers boiled over one day when Joseph, following the instruction of his father, traveled to check on them while they were shepherding Jacob's flocks in a nearby region. While Joseph was still far off, his brothers conspired to kill him. They were tired of the dreams, the coat, and their father's favoritism toward him. Then cooler heads prevailed, some greed rose up, and they decided instead to sell Joseph to some traders who were passing by. That way they would be rid of him without the guilt of murder, although they later led Jacob to believe Joseph had been killed by a wild animal.
The traders then took Joseph to Egypt, wh ...
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