Acting Wisely
Read the Bible through:
AM – Psalm 81-66 : PM – Rom. 2
MAGNIFYING GOD
Genesis 40:6-8
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.”
Read the Bible through:
AM – Psalm 81-66 : PM – Rom. 2
MAGNIFYING GOD
Genesis 40:6-8
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.”
In the game charades, players compete by guessing the words one member of their team conveys through gestures, without speaking. Participants guess repeatedly until they finally hit on the correct interpretation.
Too often, Christians treat their walk with God as a similar game. We view Him as placing signs in our paths and waiting to see if we can figure them out. The men in today’s passage knew their dream was an important sign, but they were distraught because they could not interpret it. Joseph’s response reminds us that, thankfully, we do not serve a God who plays games.
Rather than focusing on the obscurity of the dream, Joseph encouraged the men simply to look to the Lord for wisdom. His question suggests that when we seek to understand what goes on in our lives, trying to figure it out on our own distracts us from seeking the One who already knows what it all means.
Father, I look to You as the source of all meaning in my life.
