Time With Joseph: Is God Seen In You?

“and Pharaoh said to his servants, "Can we find a man with more God-given gifts than this one?"“
‭‭Genesis‬ ‭41:38‬ ‭CEB‬‬

Morning everyone.

I’ve been on a break, but now I’m back continuing the story of Joseph.

My initial reaction to the verses above was to notice Pharaoh’s words to Joseph:

* Can we find a man with more God-given gifts than this one?"*

This was in response to Joseph’s counsel to Pharaoh on what to do regarding the warning in his dream.

Joseph’s story up until now has had a very consistent theme- having a God-centred existence. We saw this in his reaction to temptation by Potiphar’s wife. We saw this when he interpreted the Butler and baker’s dreams and we saw it when he was brought to Pharaoh.

Joseph prefaced everything he said, by emphasising and therefore reminding people, that:

1. He answers to God alone
2. God is his sole provider - of wisdom, knowledge, favour etc.

He did not leave any room for doubt in doing that.

What I want us to think about today though, is not so much that Joseph mentioned God to everyone, but that Joseph himself was aware of God’s role and presence in his life.

Are we aware of God’s presence in our lives ? When we communicate with people- in thought, word and deed- do man and spirit being alike see that we are God-centred as Joseph was, and to extend the example, Jesus Christ was ?

How do we see our gifts and talents?
How do we use them?
What do we think about them in terms of God’s intentions for the people around us.

God used Joseph to save nations from famine, but the reason man recognised this was because of Joseph’s attitude and God-centred living.

Joseph is an example of someone who understands that it is not by our power or by our might, but by God’s.

If you see yourself as a vessel of God, so too will others see you as such.

Pharaoh didn’t worship God. He had his own gods and his own magicians. Yet, when the time came to appoint that person that would answer to no one but him, he picked a foreigner and a prisoner. Why? Because He could see the presence of God with Joseph.

What does this mean for us in practice though?

We have to go back to uncle priest’s motto.
*“See God in everything.” When we see God in everything, people will see God in us.*

Where are we failing to see God?
How has this affected our approach and attitude in those instances?
Furthermore, where we fail to see God, are people still able to see God in us?

Some questions to reflect on today.


Have a great day everyone.