Today’s devotion comes from Genesis 41:38-57. Because Joseph interpreted Pharoah’s dreams and proposed a plan for how to save from the upcoming years of abundance to provide bread for the later years of famine, Pharoah made Joseph ruler of Egypt. Here is a link to the chapter – http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis+41&version=NASB
! quote the following verses.
“So Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Since God has informed you of all this, there is no one so discerning and wise as you are. You shall be over my house, and according to your command all my people shall do homage; only in the throne I will be greater than you.” Pharaoh said to Joseph, “See, I have set you over all the land of Egypt.” Genesis 41:39-41.
“During the seven years of plenty the land brought forth abundantly. So he (Joseph) gathered all the food of these seven years which occurred in the land of Egypt and placed the food in the cities; he placed in every city the food from its own surrounding fields. Thus Joseph stored up grain in great abundance like the sand of the sea, until he stopped measuring it, for it was beyond measure.”
“Now before the year of famine came, two sons were born to Joseph, whom Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera priest of On, bore to him. Joseph named the firstborn Manasseh, “For,” he said, “God has made me forget all my trouble and all my father’s household.” He named the second Ephraim, “For,” he said, “God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.”
“When the seven years of plenty which had been in the land of Egypt came to an end, and the seven years of famine began to come, just as Joseph had said, then there was famine in all the lands, but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.” Genesis 41:47-54.
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We admire Joseph’s wisdom which interpreted Pharaoh’s dreams, which provided for Egypt a plan for relief from the famine, and which executed the plan so that “then there was famine in all the lands, but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.” Verse 54.
But, how do we get such wisdom?
“2 Make your ear attentive to wisdom,
Incline your heart to understanding;
3 For if you cry for discernment,
Lift your voice for understanding;
4 If you seek her as silver
And search for her as for hidden treasures;
5 Then you will discern the fear of the Lord
And discover the knowledge of God.
6 For the Lord gives wisdom;
From His mouth come knowledge and understanding.
7 He stores up sound wisdom for the upright;
He is a shield to those who walk in integrity,
8 Guarding the paths of justice,
And He preserves the way of His godly ones.
9 Then you will discern righteousness and justice
And equity and every good course.” Proverbs 2:2-9.
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