Leadership, and Godly Men [and Women]: Joseph
Speaker Notes
Dealing with Bad Things:
God is in charge,
God can use Bad for Good,
God blesses people even in the midst of bad experiences in life
Malcolm Muggeridge, quoted in Donald McCullough, Waking from the American Dream
(Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 1988), page 145
Genesis 37:3-8
3 Now Israel loved Joseph more than any of his other sons, because he had been born to him in his old age; and he made an ornate robe for him. 4 When his brothers saw that their father loved him more than any of them, they hated him and could not speak a kind word to him.
5 Joseph had a dream, and when he told it to his brothers, they hated him all the more. 6 He said to them, “Listen to this dream I had: 7 We were binding sheaves of grain out in the field when suddenly my sheaf rose and stood upright, while your sheaves gathered around mine and bowed down to it.”
8 His brothers said to him, “Do you intend to reign over us? Will you actually rule us?” And they hated him all the more because of his dream and what he had said.
Genesis 39:19-20
19 When his master heard the story his wife told him, saying, “This is how your slave treated me,” he burned with anger. 20 Joseph’s master took him and put him in prison, the place where the king’s prisoners were confined.
But while Joseph was there in the prison,
Genesis 40:14-15, 23
14 But when all goes well with you, remember me and show me kindness; mention me to Pharaoh and get me out of this prison. 15 I was forcibly carried off from the land of the Hebrews, and even here I have done nothing to deserve being put in a dungeon.”
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23 The chief cupbearer, however, did not remember Joseph; he forgot him.
Genesis 50:18-21
18 His brothers then came and threw themselves down before him. “We are your slaves,” they said.
19 But Joseph said to them, “Don’t be afraid. Am I in the place of God? 20 You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives. 21 So then, don’t be afraid. I will provide for you and your children.” And he reassured them and spoke kindly to them.
Psalm 119:67
67 Before I was afflicted I went astray,
but now I obey your word.
Psalm 119:71
71 It was good for me to be afflicted
so that I might learn your decrees.
Psalm 119:75
75 I know, Lord, that your laws are righteous,
and that in faithfulness you have afflicted me.
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