Joe and Mo... no matter what!
i'm headlong into my reading of Exodus. Of course the next major story recorded in scripture after Joseph is Moses. It says in Exodus 1:8 "Now there arose a new king over Egypt, who did not know Joseph." Isn't that kind of like the Americans saying, there arose a president in the USA who did not know Abe Lincoln? I mean, come on, Joseph saved (through the hand of God of course) all of Egypt, Canaan and the known world! If the king had known of Joseph, and the family of Israel would history read differently?
It's kind of a mute point in that it DIDN'T happen that way, and God's hand and purpose was in all of it, but it surprised me that such an important and fantastic story could be so easily forgotten by the Egyptian king.
Anyway as a result of the kings ignorance, the story of Moses unfolds in a hostile kingdom toward the Israelites. And again, an Israelite is in power amongst Pharoah and his family. Moses was raised as a prince of Egypt. He is also raised by his mother in the formative years. When he kills an Egyptian, he flees and is a shepherd for forty years. THEN God calls him up into leading His people out of Egypt.
It leaves me again, with such an awe of God's soveriegnty and of his ways in which he prepares us. Joseph had much to be angry about, he chose to remain faithful. Moses had amazing opportunity and education, status, and wealth... and he lost it all...and still chose (reluctantly... but still said yes) to lead God's people to the promise land. It's not our circumstances that God is looking at... it's our heart response to those circumstances. It's standing when the testing comes. It's going low when
I have the right to protest... it's trusting God's greater journey over my limited view of the road.
Who knows what greatness God has planned for those whose hearts say "yes"... no matter what comes.
It's kind of a mute point in that it DIDN'T happen that way, and God's hand and purpose was in all of it, but it surprised me that such an important and fantastic story could be so easily forgotten by the Egyptian king.
Anyway as a result of the kings ignorance, the story of Moses unfolds in a hostile kingdom toward the Israelites. And again, an Israelite is in power amongst Pharoah and his family. Moses was raised as a prince of Egypt. He is also raised by his mother in the formative years. When he kills an Egyptian, he flees and is a shepherd for forty years. THEN God calls him up into leading His people out of Egypt.
It leaves me again, with such an awe of God's soveriegnty and of his ways in which he prepares us. Joseph had much to be angry about, he chose to remain faithful. Moses had amazing opportunity and education, status, and wealth... and he lost it all...and still chose (reluctantly... but still said yes) to lead God's people to the promise land. It's not our circumstances that God is looking at... it's our heart response to those circumstances. It's standing when the testing comes. It's going low when
I have the right to protest... it's trusting God's greater journey over my limited view of the road.
Who knows what greatness God has planned for those whose hearts say "yes"... no matter what comes.
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