Read today’s texts first: Genesis 44-46; Luke 18
Our life is like a jigsaw puzzle and only God
gets to see the big picture on the box lid!
gets to see the big picture on the box lid!
The story of Joseph is one of the best screenplays of all time, and it’s true! (Esther’s story is a close second). The twists and turns, agony and joy, frustration and fulfillment, with a dream underneath that eventually comes true – it’s a ready-made Hollywood blockbuster. What we might not notice in the Hollywood or Broadway version though, is the importance of obedience to God’s Word.
Much of what happened in Joseph’s life was not his choice – his brothers’ betrayal, slavery, Potiphar’s wife, prison. But in those moments of decisions available to Joseph, he made pivotal choices. Had he not noticed how depressed the cupbearer and baker, his fellow prisoners, were on that one particular morning, and had he not offered to interpret their dreams, the story we read today may never have happened. Had he not adjusted his attitude and continued to serve, regardless of how miserable and undeserved his circumstances were, nothing would have changed.
Luke 18 gives the principle behind Joseph’s story: “sell everything you have” (22). Jesus requires nothing less than sold-out obedience to His will, because He alone knows the plan. Like the pieces of a jigsaw puzzle, we only receive disconnected fragments of His plan. Many years can pass before we know how they were meant to fit together.
“Lord, thank You for being faithful in showing me the way even when I wasn’t faithful in following Your directions. As I get older, I can see the big picture coming together! Help me to continue down this path of obedience until every dream You’ve given me comes true!”
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