Joseph’s Dreams 2

Continuing with Joseph story from where we left off, where Joseph was in prison and two of Pharaohs Chief Officials had come to be in prison with Joseph. The Chief Cup Bearer and The Chief Baker had come to be in prison because they had, in some way insulted the Pharaoh. It is said, that one of them tried to kill the Pharaoh, but it is also said, that they may have insulted the Pharaoh. It could be that they simply burnt his food, no one knows specifically on why it is that they ended up in prison, or what it was that insulted Pharaoh. But they where now in the same prison as Joseph, and being taken care of by him as well. Soon after The Chief Cup Bearer and the Chief Beaker began to have dreams, and these dreams were happening repeatedly. The dreams that they had was a message to each of them about their futures. Neither of them could tell or understand what was the meaning of their dreams, they needed an interpreter of dreams. But by the glory of Yahweh, Joseph was near to interpret each of the Pharaoh’s Officials dreams.

“The captain of the guard assigned them to Joseph, and he attended them. After they had been in custody for some time, each of the two men—the cupbearer and the baker of the king of Egypt, who were being held in prison—had a dream the same night, and each dream had a meaning of its own. When Joseph came to them the next morning, he saw that they were dejected. So he asked Pharaoh’s officials who were in custody with him in his master’s house, “Why do you look so sad today?” “We both had dreams,” they answered, “but there is no one to interpret them.” Then Joseph said to them, “Do not interpretations belong to God? Tell me your dreams.””

Genesis‬ ‭40‬:‭4‬-‭8‬ ‭NIV‬‬

When each of them had their dreams interpreted by Joseph, they found out that one was going to live and the other one was going to die. Joseph interpreted both dreams correctly and what he said came to pass. The Chief Cup Bearer was raised back to his original position where he would then give wine and drink back to the Pharaoh, and be back in position as an Official again. But The Chief Baker was deemed guilty of whatever insult he had committed, causing him to be impaled and killed. This is what is miraculous, Joseph did not hold back on doing a task that was demanded of him by the Lord even though he had been in jail for a very long time. He also has been betrayed by being falsely accused of a crime that he did not commit. Joseph did something that a lot of us need to learn how to definitely do every single day despite the fact that life may be difficult sometimes, things may not go our way, and it may not be in our favor. For example we may not get that promotion that we have always hoped that we would get, or after practicing so hard at training for an event, we don’t even get third place. Sometimes things don’t go our way, like we might lose our job or we might have to tighten our belt a little bit more when it comes to our finances. But we should show up for our part just like we ask the Lord to show up when we call on him. We always pray to he Heavenly Father and we always want him to show up but then when it’s our turn; if our emotions aren’t right, if the season isn’t right, if the weather isn’t right, if it’s not a perfect day, we won’t show up sometimes. So we need to make sure that we begin to be obedient to our Heavenly Father and not bail on him when he needs us to do a task because sometimes that task can really be there to help us get out of our sticky situation. This was the case for Joseph, because The Chief Cup Bearer did forget about Joseph after he helped him. Two years later when Pharaoh begin to have intense dreams, Joseph was then remembered.

“So Pharaoh sent for Joseph, and he was quickly brought from the dungeon. When he had shaved and changed his clothes, he came before Pharaoh. Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I had a dream, and no one can interpret it. But I have heard it said of you that when you hear a dream you can interpret it.” “I cannot do it,” Joseph replied to Pharaoh, “but God will give Pharaoh the answer he desires.” Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “In my dream I was standing on the bank of the Nile, when out of the river there came up seven cows, fat and sleek, and they grazed among the reeds. After them, seven other cows came up—scrawny and very ugly and lean. I had never seen such ugly cows in all the land of Egypt. The lean, ugly cows ate up the seven fat cows that came up first. But even after they ate them, no one could tell that they had done so; they looked just as ugly as before. Then I woke up. “In my dream I saw seven heads of grain, full and good, growing on a single stalk. After them, seven other heads sprouted—withered and thin and scorched by the east wind. The thin heads of grain swallowed up the seven good heads. I told this to the magicians, but none of them could explain it to me.” Then Joseph said to Pharaoh, “The dreams of Pharaoh are one and the same. God has revealed to Pharaoh what he is about to do.”

Genesis‬ ‭41‬:‭14‬-‭25‬ ‭NIV‬‬

After Joseph told Pharaoh the meaning of his dreams, he didn’t just say what the dreams were. If you pay attention he also had a solution at the end. Right after Joseph told Pharaoh what his dreams meant, and that the dreams were going to come to pass because God is the interpreter of dreams and he is the one who sent them. Joseph also mentioned immediately afterwards how it was that Pharaoh should go about solving the problem that he was having. Because of this, Joseph was not just seen as someone who only interpret dreams, but also seen as somebody who Yahweh was with and that he was wise and trustworthy. This caused Joseph to be seen as somebody who could get the task done and do it right. So pharaoh elevated Joseph from prison inmate to second in command next to Pharaoh himself. Only would Pharaoh be greater than Joseph because of his throne. This is amazing because it shows not only about how important it is that you stay reliable, and trustworthy, but that fulfilling the tasks that the Lord gives us is important to our walk in him. Our obedience is so important that it makes the difference between a slothful servant and a productive servant. We have believers and followers of Christ should really pay attention and take note, because Joseph was so reliable to the heavenly father that he saved nations of people.

The writing of Joseph’s Dreams 2, is actually a video that have come out on my podcast: Bible Study Ministries. If you enjoyed this writing then perhaps you will enjoy the video of this blog post. If you are interested, please click the link and enjoy the video stay tuned for the second episode.

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