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Unspeakable Joy!

Friday, June 6, 2003 • The Boones • General
You are His Joy

As the Bible Study lesson began to unfold, I felt a warm sensation in the pit of my stomach. I knew that something special was about to be revealed. The story of Joseph has always been special to me. I had read it so many times that I knew it like the back of my hand. I never tired of reading about him, however something was just about to change...


Genesis 45


1THEN JOSEPH could not restrain himself [any longer] before all those who stood by him, and he called out, Cause every man to go out from me! So no one stood there with Joseph while he made himself known to his brothers.
2And he wept and sobbed aloud, and the Egyptians [who had just left him] heard it, and the household of Pharaoh heard about it.
3And Joseph said to his brothers, I am Joseph! Is my father still alive? And his brothers could not reply, for they were distressingly disturbed and dismayed at [the startling realization that they were in] his presence.


I see a type of Jesus in Joseph that caught me by surprise. Jesus can hardly restrain himself when one of us, gives are hearts to Him. It is then that He can make Himself known to us. The emotion is almost too musch for words.



4And Joseph said to his brothers, Come near to me, I pray you. And they did so. And he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom you sold into Egypt!
5But now, do not be distressed and disheartened or vexed and angry with yourselves because you sold me here, for God sent me ahead of you to preserve life.


When we realize who Jesus is and really understand the price that He paid for us, we feel guilty, sad, distressed and a little angry that we did not come to Him sooner. But Jesus says, no, don't feel that way. God sent me that I might give you eternal life. 


 10You will live in the land of Goshen, and you will be close to me--you and your children and your grandchildren, your flocks, your herds, and all you have.
11And there I will sustain and provide for you, so that you and your household and all that are yours may not come to poverty and want, for there are yet five [more] years of [the scarcity, hunger, and starvation of ] famine.

Jesus sustains us and provides for us as we walk by faith!

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