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God Is Setting You Up!
Genesis 45:17-18 'Pharaoh said to Joseph, "Tell your brothers, 'Do this: Load your animals and return to the land of Canaan, and bring your father and your families back to me. I will give you the best of the land of Egypt and you can enjoy the fat of the land.'"'(NIV)
 The more I read and re-read the story of Joseph, the more remarkable it seems. After all he's been through, Joseph stands in the presence of a mighty emperor decked out not as a slave or a prisoner but as a trusted royal advisor, prime minister of a land that is not his own! God had brought him to this place. It hadn't been an easy journey and, for most of it, Joseph could not possibly have foreseen that it could end this way. There'd been rejection and treachery, accusation and loss. Now, though, he found himself so favoured by the king that he could ask for the best land in Egypt for his family, and be given it, no questions asked. The favour of God is the visible blessing of God on your life, that visible 'something' that can't be explained by virtue of your hard work, creativity or inginuity. It causes people to say to you, as they might have to Joseph, 'Why are you so lucky?' It causes you to say, 'It's the Lord's doing and it's marvellous in my eyes!' In Joseph's case, it carried him from his father's house, through a prison house, to the power and influence of Pharoah's house. The favour of God carries you to a destiny of which you may not even have had any inkling before. Right now, the favour of God is working in your life to position you for your true destiny under God, your Pharoah's house.
Prayer: 'Lord, help me today to keep my eyes focussed not just one what is happening to me now, but on the future I have in you. I want to reach my Pharoah's house, a place of ultimate significance and influence for you. Help me to make the choices that will take me there in time.'
© 2003-2004 Mal Fletcher
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