The Life of Joseph - Genesis 41:1-46 – Remembered and Rewarded! Couple of weeks ago, Joseph was accused of Raping Potiphar’s wife and Potiphar put him into Prison… Even in Prison Joseph thrives, he’s successful because he just continues to Honor God no matter where he is or what he’s doing. Last week, Bill’s message: Joseph was “Willing to Wait on God.” He humbled himself, he’s obedient to God, he’s working hard (making every effort) and he’s serving where God placed him! That’s why He was so successful. Waiting on God is one of the hardest things for us to do. One of the biggest problems in Ministry is people getting ahead of God… While we Wait… * Be Faithful to God where he has you. There’s a purpose for it! Be Humble, Obedient, Work hard and Serve! * Always be Ready where you are. If you aren’t ready how can God move in you, through you and then MOVE YOU? * Be Bold! We are Ambassadors, Representatives of the “One True Living God… Speak the Truth in Love. * Be Joyful! Don’t be confused and be focused on “Immediate” results… God’s in control! Trust Him and what He’s doing! Focus on Christ… Be humble, obedient, work hard and serve where God has you and do it with great JOY! The Life of Joseph: Genesis 41: 1-46 – Remembered and Promoted! Joseph interprets the two dreams while in Prison… the King’s Baker and Cup Bearer. The Baker killed, the Cup Bearer restored to His position. Genesis 40:23 – 23 Pharaoh’s chief cup-bearer, however, forgot all about Joseph, never giving him another thought. Genesis 41: 1-13 – Joseph Remembered! Two full years later, Pharaoh dreamed that he was standing on the bank of the Nile River. 2 In his dream he saw seven fat, healthy cows come up out of the river and begin grazing in the marsh grass. 3 Then he saw seven more cows come up behind them from the Nile, but these were scrawny and thin. These cows stood beside the fat cows on the riverbank. 4 Then the scrawny, thin cows ate the seven healthy, fat cows! At this point in the dream, Pharaoh woke up. 5 But he fell asleep again and had a second dream. This time he saw seven heads of grain, plump and beautiful, growing on a single stalk. 6 Then seven more heads of grain appeared, but these were shriveled and withered by the east wind. 7 And these thin heads swallowed up the seven plump, well-formed heads! Then Pharaoh woke up again and realized it was a dream. 8 The next morning Pharaoh was very disturbed by the dreams. So he called for all the magicians and wise men of Egypt. When Pharaoh told them his dreams, not one of them could tell him what they meant. 9 Finally, the king’s chief cup-bearer spoke up. “Today I have been reminded of my failure,” he told Pharaoh. 10 “Some time ago, you were angry with the chief baker and me, and you imprisoned us in the palace of the captain of the guard. 11 One night the chief baker and I each had a dream, and each dream had its own meaning. 12 There was a young Hebrew man with us in the prison who was a slave of the captain of the guard. We told him our dreams, and he told us what each of our dreams meant. 13 And everything happened just as he had predicted. I was restored to my position as cup-bearer, and the chief baker was executed and impaled on a pole.” Joseph had ask the Cupbearer to remember him… but he forgot him! People forget - God doesn’t forget! Romans 8:38-39 - 38 And I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from God’s love. Neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither our fears for today nor our worries about tomorrow—not even the powers of hell can separate us from God’s love. 39 No power in the sky above or in the earth below—indeed, nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate us from the love of God that is revealed i...
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