PROCLAMATION
“Thou shalt
be over my house, and according unto thy word shall all my people be ruled;
only in the throne will I be greater than thou.
And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, ‘See, I have set thee over all the land of
Egypt.’ ” Genesis 41:40-41 (KJV)
EXPLANATION
These are
the words of God which were revealed to and written by Moses under the
influence of The Holy Spirit of God. Two
years after the chief of the butlers and the chief of the bakers, who were
imprisoned with Joseph, had dreams which Joseph interpreted for them and things
came to pass as he said, (Genesis 40:1-23) the Pharaoh had a dream which none
of his wise men or magicians could interpret. (Genesis 41:1-8) Then the
chief butler remembered that Joseph had interpreted his dream correctly and he
told this to Pharaoh. (Genesis 41:9-13) Hearing this, Pharaoh sent for
Joseph, told him the dream. Joseph told Pharaoh
that God had revealed to him that there would be seven good years in Egypt
which would be followed by seven years of famine. (Genesis 41:14-32)
Pharaoh said because God had showed this to him, he placed Joseph in charge of
his house, the people, and all the land, and made him second in command in all
of
APPLICATION
Joseph went
from the bottom of a pit, to being a slave, and to prison, but rose up to be in
charge of the entire country because The Lord God was with him. (Genesis 39:2
and 39:21) As believers we need to learn
to praise God in good times and in bad times. (Philippians 4:12) He said that He would always be with us. (Hebrews
13:5) It is The Lord God who gives us the strength to make it through the
storms of life. (Philippians 4:13) It is His strength which manifests
itself during our periods of weakness. (2 Corinthians 12:9) We should
really count all of our trials and tribulations as joy because we are just
being perfected. (James 1:2) Our trials
are opportunities for God to “show up and show out” in our life. We need
to remember to give God the credit for the things that He has done. “In
all thy ways acknowledge Him and He shall direct thy paths.” (Proverbs 3:6)
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