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Family Matters
In this latest series we have been talking about family.
We have been discussing some common issues that we face within the family.
We kicked off this series by talking about the one thing every family needs, God.
God is the creator of family and He cares about family.
Your family is important to Him and He wants to be important to your family.
Every family needs God and needs more and more of Him each day.
Successful families start with God.
In part two we looked at the high cost of not caring.
When we aren’t focused on growing and strengthening our family we can put ourselves on autopilot.
To fight that we need to develop healthy habits.
Habits that involve selflessness, encouragement, and respect.
Last week we looked at the broken family.
The aftermath of a family torn apart by tragedy.
Specifically we looked at Jesus’ family.
From their example we see that with God brokenness isn’t the end, but instead it is just the beginning.
Even though life was turned upside down for Joseph and Mary, they got to be a part of the most life changing story the world has ever known.
In the middle of their brokenness, Joseph made decisions that would shape the future for his family.
He was respectful, he had faith in God’s promises, he made sacrifices, and he had patience.
To finish up this series, we are going to look at another family in scripture.
If you want to follow along, we will be in the book of Genesis starting in chapter 37.
In fact, we won’t be reading the story of this family in it’s entirety, so you may want to bookmark it and read the whole thing in your own time.
But first, I want to begin by asking you a question to ponder.
Today we will be talking about “titles”, so think about the title you hold in your family…
What is your family title?
If you had to give yourself a title, what would it be?
Mom.
Dad.
Brother.
Sister.
Grandma.
Grandpa.
What does your family call you?
Ma.
Pa.
Papa.
Gigi.
Memaw.
When my cousin, Forest, was little my Grandpa asked him if he was his buddy and Forest replied by saying, “Buddy!”
So from that moment on, to all of us grandchildren he was forever “Buddy.”
Maybe your title is something else? Homemaker.
Breadwinner.
Any Judge Dredd fans here who call yourself “The Law?” “I AM THE LAW!” Maybe you have had some titles that were less flattering?
Chapter 37 of Genesis begins the story of Joseph and his family.
Joseph was no stranger to titles.
In fact, if you turn back a few pages you can see how important titles were to his family.
As his parents had children, they named them based on their circumstances.
How would you like to be named after your mother’s misery?
Especially if your brother was named after her joy!
Joseph’s name comes from his mother’s celebration for God adding to her family.
That wasn’t the only title Joseph would have in his life.
He is known for being a dreamer and an interpreter of dreams.
Something that was very important to people in his time.
He was loved.
He was hated.
He was a slave.
A servant.
A prisoner.
Then a ruler.
Second-in-command.
Joseph pretty much experienced it all.
At one point he was at rock bottom then at another he ruled all of Egypt.
His family life was no exception.
At one point he was at rock bottom with his family when they tried to kill him and at another moment he was very close to them.
So what was family life like for Joseph.
When he was a teenager he worked for his half brothers tending to his father’s flocks, but he would report to his father when his brother’s did bad things.
In other words, like every good brother, Joseph was a tattle tale!
This passage is riddled with titles for Joseph.
Some are given and some are chosen.
They are also conflicting.
He is both loved and hated.
He has the title of employee to his brothers, yet he tells of his vision of being their king.
As his story continues things appear to get worse and worse for him.
His brothers decide to kill him, but then sell him into slavery.
Later he is falsely accused and put into prison.
We have no way of knowing exactly how long Joseph spent in prison, but it is possible that he was there for up to 12 years!
This is where Joseph’s story gets very interesting.
While he was in prison he interpreted the dreams of a couple of Pharaoh’s servants.
In short, one servant would be restored and the other would be brutally punished.
To the one who would be restored, Joseph asked for him to remember him and help him get out of prison.
This didn’t happen.
The guy forgot all about Joseph!
Two years later, the Pharaoh had some freaky dreams and then his servant suddenly remembered Joseph.
That would lead to him getting out of prison and becoming the Pharaoh’s second-in-command.
My question to you is, which of Joseph’s titles took him from captivity to command?
What title lead him from being imprisoned to being a ruler of a large country?
Was it Dream Interpreter?
Servant?
Hard worker?
The warden had Joseph in charge of everything that happened in the prison, so maybe he had some sort of title for that position.
This is a trick question because the answer is none of those.
This story makes it very clear that nothing Joseph did lead to him getting out of prison.
Joseph landed in slavery by serving his father and going out to help his brothers.
He landed in jail by being a good, hard working servant for his master.
After he interpreted the dreams in prison, the good servant completely forgot about him.
Joseph was summoned after God gave the Pharaoh dreams that he didn’t understand.
Whatever titles we may have will never bring us success…
True success can only come from God.
I can try to live up to the title of “world’s best dad” every single day, but if I am not relying on God it will just be a neat coffee mug slogan.
Think about how different Joseph’s life would have been if he let his many titles define him.
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