Today’s Thought “Raised to Know Right vs. Wrong” G. Ward

Genesis 39:2-4 The Lord was with Joseph, so he became a successful man. And he was in the house of his master, the Egyptian. ³ Now his master saw that the Lord was with him and how the Lord caused all that he did to prosper in his hand. ⁴ So Joseph found favor in his sight and became his personal servant; and he made him overseer over his house, and all that he owned he put in his charge.

Diligence in Holy God has become Heaven’s demand so that the world’s narrative of nothing shall befall me because all are presumably children of the Most High. Every patriarch of faith knew differently and our Savior Himself endured many sorrows along with abusive rejection. Our foreparents exposure to life never considered enjoining themselves to such songs as No Weapon Formed Against Me Shall Prosper, but more observed (contextually) Isaiah 54:17 as prophetic for Israel to which still is a future hope.

The innocence of Joseph never thought his own would sell him into slavery, particularly in a godless land. Moreover, his commitment to Excellence didn’t relent, but sought doing his best in a strange land. While God still rains on the just and unjust and whereas there’s the mention of prosperity in the storyline relative to material possessions, the real blessings from God is His never forsaking those whose reliance is solely on HIM…