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Dreams, Visions, and Prisons
Genesis 40:1-41:36
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Submit yourself to God and walk by faith through every trial
Introduc)on
The main focus of the passage we have before us today is this man Joseph who finds himself in a trial – a
trial that stresses the mind, the body, and even his faith in God.
For Joseph is being held in a type of
prison, described as a pit, and he was put there without commiLng any offense that warranted such a
sentence.
We will not just gloss over the trial aspect of his life – for truly we all have trials that we go
through -- as well as trials that we walk alongside others as they are going through them.
But more
applicable, I believe, is the manner in which Joseph lives.
He is a man who is submiSed to God.
He is
submiSed to trusTng that God has him in a certain place or has him going through a certain trial.
He
conTnues to be a model example of walking by faith.
He walks through each trial by faith.
When I put
these aspects of what is being modeled together.
SubmiSed to God and Walking by Faith – I find a
succinct and helpful main idea to carry us through this whole passage.
Submit Yourself to God and Walk
by Faith Through Every Trial.
The Faithful in Prison
1.
We start now at our look at this passage with acknowledging where Joseph is at.
a. So, physically, where is Joseph?
i.
He is in a prison in Egypt (Gen 39:20) A]er Joseph was falsely accused by his
master’s wife, all which we covered last week.
ii.
PoTphar, the master of the house, out of his anger put Joseph in prison.
1.
So, physically Joseph is in prison.
Throughout our passage today it is referred
to as a pit (40:15, 41:14).
b.
Where is Joseph in terms of his mental state?
How accepTng is he of being in a pit and being
there unjustly?
i.
Again, end of last week’s passage we saw that the LORD was with Joseph and
showed him steadfast love and gave him favor in the sight of the prison keeper.
ii.
In fact, Joseph was so trustworthy that much like the descripTon of PoTphar, the
keeper of the prison paid no aSenTon to anything that he entrusted to Joseph’s
care.
iii.
Then, in the passage that is before us we see not only that Joseph is capable, he is
also compassionate.
1.
This is hard to fathom that a man falsely accused and locked into a prison
was so diligent with what he was entrusted with and was compassionate
towards other prisoners who were thrown in with him.
2.
You see that compassion in the way Joseph cares for these two officials the
chief cupbearer and the chief baker (v2).
He aSended to them (v4).
In v4 we
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read that these officials conTnued being aSended to by Joseph for some
Tme.
3.
He was able to get to know them it would appear, for down in v7 he is able
to recognize how their faces had changed.
They were downcast.
4.
He idenTfied that they were in need in some way and he inquired.
a.
And though we won’t get into the interpretaTon of dreams just yet!
5. We have to noTce where Joseph focus seems to go most naturally in v8 – He
asks them, that is the chief cupbearer and the chief baker – “Do not
interpreta+ons belong to God?”
a.
One author I was reading put it this way, “The habit of Joseph’s mind
was an immediate reference to God.” (Kidner)
b.
This isn’t isolated either – and it isn’t just a plaTtude he uses to
make himself seem more pious or Holy -- but is consistent
throughout not only our text today but our interacTons with Joseph
really through the rest of the book of Genesis.
i.
The habit of Joseph’s mind was an immediate reference to
God.
1.
But in the text before us it shows up as I pointed out
here in 40:8 “interpreta+on belong to the LORD”
2. Then in the next chapter 41:16, when asked if he
can do the interpretaTon “It is not of me; God will
give Pharaoh a favorable answer”
3.
In verse 25, “God has revealed”
4. In 28, “God has shown”
5.
And 32, “the thing is fixed by God.”
ii.
This is the immediate habit of Joseph’s mind – to reference
everything in relaTonship to God.
iv.
Where is he therefore with his mental state?
He is centered upon the Rock!
That is
upon God Almighty who he trusts has everything under control as he knows the
hand of the LORD is upon him – even while he is in the pit.
1. Keep in mind, the whole secTon of Genesis that we are looking at today has
him, in essence, a prisoner.
2.
Even when he is brought before Pharaoh it is not as a free man – it is as a
prisoner.
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