The Book of Genesis
Day 370
Ge 40:5 Then the
butler and the baker of the king of Egypt, who were confined in the prison, had
a dream, both of them, each man's dream in one night and each man's dream with
its own interpretation. 6 And Joseph
came in to them in the morning and looked at them, and saw that they were
sad. 7 So he asked Pharaoh's officers
who were with him in the custody of his lord's house, saying, "Why do you
look so sad today?" 8 And they said
to him, "We each have had a dream, and there is no interpreter of
it." So Joseph said to them, "Do not interpretations belong to God?
Tell them to me, please."
Joseph, the
servant, climbing to the top, God’s way. He was lifted up by the Lord as he
quietly serves others.
Perhaps it was his
daily routine to daily check in with the other prisoners. If it was, we can see
it wasn’t just a “Hi, how are you,”
Sunday morning church greeting and then on to the next. He knew these men. He knew when they were
happy and he noticed it when they were sad. On this particular day, he notices
their sadness, and please note, he doesn’t leave it there. He pursues it. “Why are you sad? Is there
something bothering you? Is everything all right? Do you want to talk about
it?” I wonder how many opportunities for
true ministry are wasted in our daily lives as we ignore the countenance of
others?
Well, the men open
up to Joseph, which tells us that they had an element of trust in him, and they
tell him of the reason for their sadness. . They each had a dream that was
unsettling to them, mostly because they couldn’t figure out what the dreams
meant.
Joseph replies
with, ‘Do not interpretations, (or opening up) belong to God?”In other words,
“Let’s see what God has to say about these dreams.”
Years later,
another young man named Daniel would also be faced with the challenge of not
only interpreting a dream, but “guessing,” if you will, the content of a king’s
dream. The Lord gracefully revealed all to Daniel, and his immediate response
was to give thanks and glory to God! He said, “Blessed be the Lord, He reveals
deep and secret things. He knows what is in the darkness, and light dwells with
Him.” (Dan 2:22)
Joseph’s one
sentence here is saying the same thing!
“Do not interpretations belong to God?”
Are you stumbling
around in the dark these days, confused about where to turn and what to do? Do
you need a little light in your present darkness? Then turn to the only one who
can open things up for you….turn to God and His Word. He has revealed all we
need to know about Him, and there is no need to be troubled by dreams. No need
to run off to charlatans for interpretations.
The first step
toward revelation and understanding is taken when we have a holy fear or reverence
for the Lord. Pr 9:10 says, "The fear of the LORD is the beginning
of wisdom, And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.
And remember what
the Holy Spirit said in 2Pe 1:20,21,” knowing this first, that no prophecy of
Scripture is of any private interpretation,
21 for prophecy never came by the will of man, but holy men of God spoke
as they were moved by the Holy Spirit.
In other words,
always check your interpretation with Scripture for the devil often disguises
himself as an angel of light. Make sure your interpretation is in line with the
Word of God!
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