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It’s all about us
It’s Tuesday morning.
You go to hop on the freeway, and go south on the 15.
If you’ve ever made that mistake, you know what it’s like.
The freeway is backed up onto the main roads.
You finally make it onto the freeway.
You drive for about 5 miles and you find out the problem.
A big rig has tipped over.
An ambulance is on the scene.
And you mutter to yourself, “Of all the days.
This had to happen today?”
There’s a hurricane that hits both of the Carolinas.
Flooding.
Damage.
And you think to yourself, “I wonder who’s gonna pay for all the damage.
They’ll probably raise my taxes.”
You can feel your throat starting to get itchy.
You know what that means.
You’re starting to get sick.
Now the baby’s starting to cough.
“Why now?”, you mutter to yourself as you hear him cough up the hallway.
When things happen, our first impulse is very cause and affect.
This is happening, and its going to affect me how?
This is happening and it’s going to make my day bad.
This is happening and it’s going to hit my bank account.
This is happening and I don’t want to deal with it.
Our first reaction is cause and affect.
What is happening?
How does this affect me?
Yet, we are Christians.
And being Christians we believe in something called the sovereignty of God.
We have little phrases like:
“God has a plan.”
Or “God has a purpose.”
We have verses that we cling to such as , “And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.
We know these things.
We sing about these things.
But then putting them to practice … sometimes we aren’t so good at it.
That’s why we react towards cause and effect even as Christians.
Today we will be going through .
We begin the final leg of Genesis.
We are introduced to Joseph.
And what better way to learn about the providence and the sovereignty of God then by looking at Joseph.
Here’s the trick, the thing though.
We can’t look at Joseph the same way we look at our lives.
We can’t apply that same man centered thinking that we apply to our lives.
“How does this affect me?”
That doesn’t bring us any comfort.
That doesn’t bring you any comfort.
Man centered thinking, self centered thinking, vain thinking, is pure reaction.
It’s cause and affect.
You are most likely familiar with the life of Joseph.
Unfortunately, most of the time when we look at Joseph, we look at it in a cause and affect system.
But that’s not what this book is about.
Genesis is not about Joseph.
It’s not called, The Book of Joseph.
It’s called Genesis.
It means beginning.
It’s the beginning of God’s plan of salvation for mankind.
Instead, we are going to practice understanding the sovereignty of God.
We are going to practice finding God in horrific situations.
That’s what this is about, finding God in horrific situations.
Why is this important?
Because our purpose on earth is to glorify God.
To recognize His glory, His honor.
We are to give Him praise.
It’s easy to thank God for the good things.
Family.
Shelter.
Salvation.
Yet, we are to rejoice always.
There’s a flip side to that, and I’m sure you see it.
How can we do we rejoice when things are sour?
When the freeway is backed up because of an accident?
When unexpected bills arrive?
When tragedy strikes?
How do we do that?
By finding God in horrific situations.
First, we are Finding God in disappointment.
Look at the first 4 verses of .
Read .
The passage begins with Joseph being 17 years old.
He’s with Bilhah and Zilpah’s sons, so 4 of Jacob’s sons.
He’s out being a shepherd, watching over the flocks.
Something happened, and Joseph brought back a bad report.
Often times this is taught as cause and affect.
Joseph is a tattle tell, a snitch.
He’s the arrogant son, who is just looking to get his brothers in trouble, and elevate himself.
That’s actually not the case at all.
Think about who Jacob’s sons are.
It’s not like they are known for being good.
They deceived one entire town.
Ransacking and plundering it.
They brought shame onto Jacob’s name.
Reuben, Jacob’s oldest son, had an affair with his step mom.
There’s plenty of reason to be suspicious of Jacob’s sons.
They need someone to watch over them.
And so while out in the field something happened, and Joseph brought a bad report.
This was the responsible thing to do.
It was the good thing to do.
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