Destined To Smooth Over

“Joseph, her fiancé, was a good man and did not want to disgrace her publicly, so he decided to break the engagement quietly. As he considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream. “Joseph, do not me afraid to take Mary as your wife”. For the child within her was conceived by the Holy Spirit” Matthew 1:19-20

Emphatically, you are chosen vessel selected by God to be a blessing to others and to preserve lives. With this, you cannot snap what God has decided to do with your life. God’s intention cannot be compared to that of an ordinary man way of thinking.

When our Lord Jesus was about to be born, Mary was engaged to Joseph. As and when the marriage was about to take place, she was still a virgin who conceived Christ through the power of the Holy Spirit. Joseph, a carpenter by then, taught of breaking the relationship just to avoid any embarrassment from the people.

Inversely, God sent an angel to keep Joseph posted about the child conceived by Mary. That child was Jesus Christ our lord and personal saviour. Joseph did every possible to detach himself from Mary, but all efforts yielded no results.

Away from that; Genesis 37:28 says” So when the Ishmaelites who were the Midianites traders came by, Joseph’s brothers pulled him out of the cistern and sold him to them for twenty pieces of silver. And the traders took him to Egypt”.

Joseph, one of the eleven sons of Jacob was very loved by his father and disliked by almost his brothers. His brothers hated him because of a dream he had interpreted as the family would bow down before him. Jealousy and bitterness seen in the eyes of his brothers made them sold him to the Ishmaelites who then sold him to Potiphar, a captain of guards for king Pharaoh of Egypt. But little did they know God was preserving him for a special mission.

The favour of God was on Joseph and the fear of the lord won him an office in Potiphar’s administration. However, Potiphar’s wife was something else as one day she looked at Joseph lustfully. No wonder he was very handsome with a well-built physique. Upon seeing that, Potiphar’s wife one day after every one had gone to work, grabbed him demanding that Joseph should sleep with her.

Joseph tore himself way, but he left his cloak in her hand as he ran from the house. Since he insistently and consistently decline her offer, she reported to her husband, Potiphar; “My husband has brought this Hebrew slave to make fool of us! He came into my room to rape me, but I screamed” Genesis 39: 14

Potiphar upon hearing such an accusation became furious and without any justification threw Joseph into prison. Though he was in prison, Joseph was greater than all the servants as he interpreted dreams of the cup bearers and even explained the dreams of Pharaoh where his magicians could not interpret it.

After Joseph’s interpretation of King Pharaoh’s dream, he was released and made the governor of Egypt with absolute power. “And Pharaoh said to him, “I am Pharaoh, but no one will lift a hand or foot in the entire land of Egypt without your approval. Then Pharaoh gave Joseph a new Egyptian name, Zaphenath –Paneah. He also gave him the daughter of Potiphera, Asenath, as wife.” Genesis 41:44-45

Meanwhile, there was a famine in Egypt and its environs. Joseph’s brothers went to Egypt to buy some grains to survive. They got there and bump into their brother Joseph who was then speaking through an interpreter. So they could not recognize him. But Joseph did. After series of event, Joseph revealed himself and they all wept. The brothers blamed themselves for selling him out of hatred and bitterness.

But Joseph said something in Genesis 45:5 “But don’t be upset, and don’t be angry among your selves for selling me to Pharoah. It was God who sent me there ahead of you to preserve your lives”.

Fellow readers and believers in Jesus Christ, God knows you better than anybody on this earth. In this mortal world, people will either point a figure at you or otherwise. Never allow people's comment upset or cause a distraction in your life. For you are God’s priority and it doesn’t matter your status; social class, position, education and so forth.

From now, change your way of thinking and see yourselves as chosen vessels within a family, society, organization, because God has selected you to lighting the path and preserve lives. Remember, God through his son Jesus Christ is working for you.

NOTE: Pharoah- Is a title given to a king in Egypt.

Midianites: Are descendants of Abraham through Keturah.

Ishmaelites: Are also descendants of Abraham through his son Ishmael Potiphar: An Egyptian official, who bought Joseph, put him in charge of his house and sent him to prison unjustly.

Do You Want To Be Born Again?

“But to all who believe him and accepted him, he gave the right to become children of God. They are reborn-not physically birth resulting from human passion or plan, but a birth that comes from God.” John 1:12-13

Having read this message, want to be born again? Say this prayer with faith; Heavenly father, from today I surrender myself to you. Forgive and cleanse me from all my sins. I invite you to take absolute control of my life. Beloved if you have prayed this prayer, you are born again and welcome to God’s family.

Developing Your Christian Life

1. Find a believing church to attend.

2. Study the word of God daily.

3. Enjoy the fellowship and workmanship of God

4. Practice the word of God

5. Have faith in the word

PRAYER

Dear Lord, I am confident that I shall smooth over in the name of Christ Jesus. Amen.