Long story short, God can make anyone rise to an important level of leadership. Literally. It is even written in the Proverbs: “Do you see a man skilled in his work? He will stand before kings, he will not stand before obscure men” (Proverbs 22:29 (NASB), emphasis added). Of course, we shouldn’t seek such lofty titles, but follow Jesus wholeheartedly. That’s what I’m trying to do. This passage is found in pages 24-25 of my NKJV Bible, pages 31-32 of my NASB Bible, pages 54-55 of my VOICE copy, and pages 52-54 of my Amplified Bible (Classic Edition) copy.
I find it awesome that the Egyptian pharaoh at that time entrusted EVERYTHING to Joseph! Could you imagine something like this happening today? But most countries are hopelessly trapped in corrupt leadership systems, but even then a believer might be able to decree some good stuff legally. I don’t know what it’s like in many other places, I just know it could be worse, for I found out last night that the U.S. is one of the few countries in which you can name your kid almost anything, and I think this should be implemented more often. And thank God, the U.S. and Canada (along with many other Western countries) have citizenship by birthright (but Costa Rica doesn’t, sadly 🥺😢😭 I wish other people felt no need to strip that from anyone…) — anyway, I’m getting off-topic… two years pass since the events of chapter 40 happen, but Joseph, in just a few hours or so, goes from prisoner to second-in-command in all of Egypt because of his awesome interpretation of Pharaoh’s two dreams! (They speak the same message.) Seven years of plenty come, but then seven years of famine throughout the earth, yet the abundance is stored in part to aid people during the upcoming famine so that none would starve. Also, I find it interesting that in verse 9, the VOICE says the chief cupbearer remembered Joseph and told Pharaoh the whole story of how he had interpreted his and the baker’s dreams. Hopefully the cupbearer decided to receive Jesus, but it wasn’t easy to find Him back then…
For my part, I want to remember what God may be saying through any dreams I am having, for I’m dreaming about the most random stuff each night. Interpretations are welcome 😊😊😊😊😊 and when I told this to my friend, Josh, he mentioned to me he’s actually going to catch the livestream from the Awaken pastor tonight at 7:00 (in less than four hours) — I pray I have something worth mentioning about them. I’m not very good at interpreting dreams… although I can definitely read between the lines in a lot of things. I don’t want to lose my focus on Jesus, though. I also miss my family and friends because of the quarantine and lockdown the Arizona governor implemented recently. At least there’s no martial law yet, but I’m not looking forward to what’ll happen this month because of the outbreak being so bad. I’m like, “I think they should’ve taken care of the outbreak before it left China.” I also miss being in San Diego at times; I haven’t been there since I went for my fourth Winter Conference in 2012 in my college ministry. (We left New Year’s Day 2013.) I sometimes imagine what would happen if Two Rivers were at Mission Beach or something like that… but all I can do is watch livestreams for now. I pray work gets better, too…
Any prayer requests? Drop ’em in my e-mail: ron.outland4727@gmail.com! I’ll read each one, write them down, then tape them to my bedroom walls! In the meantime, I pray I get my responsibilities taken care of myself 😂😂😂 I’ll see you soon, later on in this chapter about the birth of Joseph’s two sons!
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