Joseph had dreams that showed he would be used mightily by his God Yehovah, but that vision seemed like a pipe dream after his jealous brothers sold him into slavery. The following years of Joseph’s life were filled with hardship and injustice. Just when Joseph seemed to get back on his feet, he was falsely accused of attempted rape and sent to prison. Finally, after years of turmoil, test and trial, through a series of amazing interventions by Yehovah in Joseph's life, he ended up second in command over the land of Egypt.
Beloved, that’s how God works; He was preparing a man to save a remnant. Indeed, in every generation, Yehovah raises up a 'Joseph Company."’ He allows these devoted servants to go through years of trouble and trials to prove and strengthen their faith.
What does this mean? Scripture says, He [Yehovah sent a man before them, [even] Joseph, [who] was sold as a slave: whose feet they hurt with fetters: he was laid in iron: Until the time that His word came: the word of Yehovah tried him. The king [Pharoah] sent and loosed him; [even] the ruler of the people, and let him go free. He made him lord of his house, and ruler of all his substance: To bind his princes at his pleasure and teach his senators wisdom. (Psalm 105:17–22).
Joseph told his brothers, “God sent me before you to preserve a posterity for you in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance. So now it was not you who sent me here, but God; and he has made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt” (Genesis 45:7–8).
What an incredible revelation was given by Joseph. Now, what is the lesson from this historic event that applies to Yehovah’s people today? It is this: Our God and Father Yehovah has preserved us in the past [intervening in ways that we didn't even realize that He was doing so], and He will preserve us in our way ahead. Most important of all, He has preserved us because He has a purpose for us. He has laid out a path to follow and a work to perform that only a man/woman who is totally committed to obeying Him will be able to accomplish, enabled by His Spirit to do so!
The "Joseph Company" are godly men and women whom Yehovah has called out from among the nations. They don’t seek fame or fortune. All they want is to be totally committed to fulfilling the calling God has placed on them, knowing Yehovah has promised their work would be rewarded. How? When they take their place as glorified men and women in the Theocratic Government that Jesus will set up when Yehovah sends him down to take his place on the throne of David at Zion. May that day soon come!
This is not a time for timidity. It’s a time when every disciple of the lord Jesus to be willing to endure great hardship as they step forward to send forth the good news of the coming Kingdom/ Kingship of God to all people. The captain of our salvation Jesus is calling us to stand up and engage in the work he has given us to do with absolute trust that he and our God and Father Yehovah will be with us every step of the way!
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