Today's passage: Genesis 40:1-23
Helpful thoughts:
- This chapter shows the reader God is still with Joseph.
- God gives these dreams to the baker and the cupbearer so that Joseph is able to interpret them.
- It's important to differentiate God giving the dreams from God just giving Joseph the ability to interpret them (As if God didn't put them there in the first place).
- Joseph's interpretation becomes the way he will eventually be released from prison and put exactly where God intended him to be.
- Just as he was initially in Potiphar's house, Joseph is given responsibility and trusted within the jail.
- God gives these dreams to the baker and the cupbearer so that Joseph is able to interpret them.
- The cupbearer forgot about Joseph (For a time). God never did.
Questions to consider:
- Why did these men have these dreams? What was God doing? How was He putting all the pieces in place to bring about His will?
- What encouragement can we receive from Joseph's walk through these strange years of his life in Egyptian slavery and imprisonment? What did he continue to do? How did the people respond to him? What was his responsibility before God and what wasn't? How could this help us to fight anxiety throughout life?