April 15, 2015

Genesis 41:41, Opportunities

So Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I hereby put you in charge of the whole land of Egypt.”

After years of preparation…at the age of thirty I became an Air Force Chaplain. I thought I was the King of the World! At the age of thirty Joseph actually was. All because he honored God.

Pharaoh shared his strange dream with Joseph. It was all about fat cows and skinny cows…fat grain and skinny grain. It didn’t make much sense. But, Joseph knew exactly what it meant.  It had to do with an approaching calamity and the very future existence of Egypt.

Joseph told Pharaoh to find a man he trusted and invest authority in him to implement a strategy for saving the kingdom. Pharaoh needed just the right man so he gathered his princes around him and asked (listen to this) “can we find anyone like this man, one in whom is the spirit of God?” As Pharaoh thought about implementing the strategy it occurred to him that Joseph was the very man he needed. He said “Since God has made all this known to you, there is no one so discerning and wise as you. You shall be in charge of my palace and all my people are to submit to your orders“.

I love how God works….amazing things happen when we give Him the glory.

Live boldly out there today…

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