Read Part One HERE
GOD MEANS IT FOR GOOD
PART LXXIII
"I, Joseph, the official in charge of the grain distribution here in Egypt, am on my way to Goshen... I am not going there in my capacity as an official... I am going there as the long-lost son of my father Jacob... I have known that my family would come to Egypt ever since my brothers came before me recently to buy grain from me... At that time I tested them a number of times...I wanted to make sure the Lord had changed their hearts... He had changed my heart... But I did not know if He had changed their hearts... However, my brothers passed all the tests I put them through... I now know that God has done a mighty work in their lives and in their hearts... After I put them trough a final test I revealed to them who I am... I told them that I am not an "Egyptian" official... But that I am their long-lost brother Joseph... They could not believe me to start with... But we ended up embracing each other at that time... I then told them to go back to Canaan and tell our father to move to Egypt....I knew it would be hard for him to accept that I am alive... It would be even harder for him to believe that I have the most important position in Egypt apart from Pharaoh... So I gave them carts for them to travel in and other gifts to help my father believe that I am really alive and am an important dignitary... However, I know that the moment I see my father my position here in Egypt will not matter.... I will stand before him as the long-lost son and all I will want to do is to embrace him... I know too that I will weep many tears the moment I embrace him... Tears that have been waiting to be shed for a long time already... Tears of joy and tears of sorrow.".... Please read the typed out attachment when you will learn that Joseph finally appears before his father....
ATTACHMENT A PURPOSEFUL LIFE; OLD TESTAMENT STORIES
GOD MEANS IT FOR GOOD
PART LXXIII
As soon as Joseph comes before his father, he is no longer the "Egyptian" official in charge of the grain distribution but a son who has not seen his father for many years as you can read in Genesis 46:29b
As soon as Joseph appeared before him, he threw his arms around his father and wept for a long time.
Joseph finally allows all the tearts that have been gathered up on the inside of him over all these years to come out... Tears of joy to finally see his father again and tears of sorrow over the many lost years.....
Read Part Seventy-Four HERE
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