THE LIFE OF JOSEPH

I HAVE JUST STARTED A STUDY ON THE LIFE OF JOSEPH. THIS STUDY WAS MOTIVATED BY A CONVERSATION I HAD WITH A FRIEND OF MINE HB CHARLES JR.
I HAVE BEEN BLESSED IN THIS STUDY. IT HAS CHALLENGED ME IN HOW I VEIW SITUATIONS I FIND MYSELF IN. SO OFTEN WE ONLY SEE WHAT OTHER ARE DOING TO US AND WE MISS GOD'S PROVIDENTIAL HAND. SAYING GOD IS SOVEREIGN AND LIVING IN THAT REALITY ARE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS. AS I HAVE CONTINUED IN THIS STUDY, I THINK IT IS IMPERATIVE TO SEE AND HEAR WHAT GOD IS SAYING TO ME. I STARTED TEACHING ON THE LIFE OF JOSEPH TWO WEEKS AGO. I LOOKED AT:
1. THE PERSONALITY OF JOSEPH
2. THE PARTICULAR LOVE JOSEPH
3. THE PROPHETIC MESSAGE OF JOSEPH

I WAS EXTREMEY BLESSED AS A PREACHER OF THE GOSPEL AND AS A CHILD OF GOD. JOSEPH'S DREAM WAS REJECTED BY HIS BROTHERS, EVEN TO THE POINT THAT THEY COULD NOT SPEAK PEACEABLY TO HIM. THIS REMINDED ME THAT SAYING WHAT GOD SAYS WILL NOT MAKE YOU THE FAN FAVORITE. NOW THIS DREAM CAME FROM GOD THAT'S WHY I CALL IT A PROPHETIC MESSAGE. THEY WERE NOT REJECTING WHAT JOSEPH MADE UP BUT WHAT GOD HAD SAID. THIS REMINDED ME OF MY RESPONSIBILITY TO SOUND BIBLICAL EXPOSITION. HIS FATHER EVEN REBUKE HIM FOR HIS MESSAGE, BUT THE SCRIPTURE SAID HIS FATHER KEPT THIS SAYING IN MIND.

SO I WAS ENCOURAGE TO KNOW THAT EVEN THOUGH MANY WILL REJECT GOD'S WORD SOMEBODY WILL KEEP IN MIND GOD'S WORD. I AM ENCOURAGE BY JOSEPH'S LIFE EVENTHOUGH HE GOES THROUGH MUCH DIFFICULTY FROM THE HANDS OF MEN AND THEIR EVIL INTENTIONS. GOD HAS INTENTIONS FOR JOSEPH'S LIFE THAT EXCEED THE INTENTIONS OF MEN. HIS LIFE TEACHES US NOT TO FOCUS ON OUR SITUATIONS OR CIRCUMSTANCES, BUT FOCUS ON OBEDIENCE AND FAITHFULNESS TO GOD. HE IS IN COMPLETE CONTROL. PRAISE GOD! WE ARE NOT CALLED TO BE SUCCESSFUL BUT FAITHFUL. MAY THOSE WHO ARE CALLED BY GOD BE FOUND FAITHFUL.