Tag: Daily Devotion

Knowing that God has kept His promise to Jacob can give us confidence that He will keep His promises regarding His Second Coming.

God’s blessing does not take worldly standards into account. His blessing is purely an act of His grace and cannot be presumed upon because of birth or position.

The Hebrew phrase here literally reads “officers of cattle,” which was a well-known Egyptian office. It would have allowed Joseph’s family to have legal protection not normally given to immigrants.

Our study has focused on Joseph, but our passage today reminds us that the Joseph story is about more than simply the experience of one individual. This is the story of a family, a community in relationship with God.

The same God who made promises to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob is faithful to fulfill them. We can have confidence that God will keep His promises.

Joseph embraced his brothers, and “afterward his brothers talked with him”. This is more than a throwaway observation.

The interplay of God’s sovereignty and human action is one of the great mysteries of Scripture.

If anyone in the ancient world had reason to be proud or think they were self-sufficient, it was Pharaoh. He ruled a vast empire and was thought to be divine.

Joseph was chosen, special, elected, confirmed not just by his father’s favoritism but also by dreams given to him by God.

Joseph had again risen to a trusted position within the prison and was given the task of attending to these new inmates. He reminds us here that God alone holds our times in His hand.