A Blessed Tragedy (49)
Robert Dawson
Genesis 39
I want to share a message with you today that I have entitled "A Blessed Tragedy." An odd and seemingly self-contradicting title but it is one that I believe accurately describes Joseph's life, even in the worst of times.
It describes the life of every believer during some season of their lives. Life is not filled with good news and sunny days but when bad news comes and the storms blow in, life can become a blessed tragedy.
When we were first introduced to Joseph, he was the favored son, gifted with a fancy ornate coat that set him apart from his brothers and possibly signifying that his father had given him, as a late teen, a supervisory role over his troublesome older 1/2 brothers.
They knew Joseph was positioned to become the family leader, the one to inherit the family blessing, birthright, and place of leadership. Jealousy stoked the fires of hatred and his brothers managed to rid themselves of his coat and his fanciful dreams. They sold their brother into a life of slavery, a life to be lived out in a foreign land.
To me, that is a tragedy. Joseph's life, on so many levels was tragic and yet we still find that no matter how low his station in life was, the Bible continues to paint him as highly favored and blessed by God.
Genesis 39.1-23 - Now Joseph had been taken down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an Egyptian officer of Pharaoh, the captain of the bodyguard, bought him from the Ishmaelites, who had taken him down there. 2 The Lord was with Joseph, so he became a successful man. And he was in the house of his master, the Egyptian. 3 Now his master saw that the Lord was with him and how the Lord caused all that he did to prosper in his hand.
4 So Joseph found favor in his sight and became his personal servant; and he made him overseer over his house, and all that he owned he put in his charge. 5 It came about that from the time he made him overseer in his house and over all that he owned, t ...
Robert Dawson
Genesis 39
I want to share a message with you today that I have entitled "A Blessed Tragedy." An odd and seemingly self-contradicting title but it is one that I believe accurately describes Joseph's life, even in the worst of times.
It describes the life of every believer during some season of their lives. Life is not filled with good news and sunny days but when bad news comes and the storms blow in, life can become a blessed tragedy.
When we were first introduced to Joseph, he was the favored son, gifted with a fancy ornate coat that set him apart from his brothers and possibly signifying that his father had given him, as a late teen, a supervisory role over his troublesome older 1/2 brothers.
They knew Joseph was positioned to become the family leader, the one to inherit the family blessing, birthright, and place of leadership. Jealousy stoked the fires of hatred and his brothers managed to rid themselves of his coat and his fanciful dreams. They sold their brother into a life of slavery, a life to be lived out in a foreign land.
To me, that is a tragedy. Joseph's life, on so many levels was tragic and yet we still find that no matter how low his station in life was, the Bible continues to paint him as highly favored and blessed by God.
Genesis 39.1-23 - Now Joseph had been taken down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an Egyptian officer of Pharaoh, the captain of the bodyguard, bought him from the Ishmaelites, who had taken him down there. 2 The Lord was with Joseph, so he became a successful man. And he was in the house of his master, the Egyptian. 3 Now his master saw that the Lord was with him and how the Lord caused all that he did to prosper in his hand.
4 So Joseph found favor in his sight and became his personal servant; and he made him overseer over his house, and all that he owned he put in his charge. 5 It came about that from the time he made him overseer in his house and over all that he owned, t ...
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