June 24, 2024

As foreboding as Genesis 41 is near the end of the chapter, Genesis 42 opens up with a smirk. With the famine affecting even the areas in Canaan by this point, Jacob looks at his children and asks a simple question: “Why are you staring at one another?” I love this phrase for so many […]

When Joseph stood in front of Pharaoh and interpreted his dreams (Genesis 41:14-24), he did so with an extreme amount of confidence. After all, he wasn’t really the one interpreting Pharaoh’s dreams. God was. All Joseph had to do was tell Pharaoh what God was saying, then help him manage the famine itself. That must’ve

I’ve heard it said that happiness doesn’t exist in a vacuum. For every joy we experience, there’s a sorrow that is lurking in the background. The inverse is also true, though. For every sorrow we experience, there’s usually a happiness just beyond the horizon. Something to look forward to — something to strive towards.  Life

Despite what we may think, Biblical characters are not robots. We read about Joseph and Abraham and Moses and think that these guys are just on autopilot. Their faith is rock solid, their relationship with God is steady, and it seems like they never put a foot out of line. But all of these men

Finally. After nearly 13 years of captivity, slavery, servitude, and isolation, Joseph’s (literal) dreams from when he was a boy have come true. Joseph is now the second in command over all of Egypt during a time period known as the Middle Kingdom. Egypt was a global powerhouse, with around 2 million citizens within their