Title: Let's Be Active
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Be active Genesis 37:6
Among the key figures in the Bible, the people before Joseph are Abraham and Isaac Jacob. We learned about the last Sisan Jacob.
Today is Joseph, so I hope it will be a time to examine the characteristics of Joseph.
Who is Joseph?
was a dreamer.
He was a chubby person.
He was an honest man.
Even though he was from another country, he became the prime minister of Egypt at once.
only one reason
Joseph was a man with God (Genesis 39:2)
God never appeared to Joseph from the time Joseph was born, when he was hated by his brothers, and when he was sold to them, that is, until he became a slave. However, when it was sold to Potiphar's house, God's expression about Joseph appeared for the first time, and it is said that God is with Joseph, "Because the Lord is with Joseph."
So Joseph's true identity is a man with God.
Joseph has a character.
Among the many characteristics of Joseph, there is one that I like. That's just being active.
Joseph was active.
-When I dreamed, I told my brothers without hiding. (37:6 Hear what I dreamed of)
- Even when Bodibal's wife seduced him, he actively refused it without hesitation.
- Interpret the dream of a ruler who was drunk in prison and actively defend the plight of his children. (40:14)
- Even when exalting God, we reveal God without fear or trembling in front of anyone. When interpreting the dream before Pharaoh 41:16, it says, “It is not me, but God will give Pharaoh a comfortable answer.” How do we represent God?
-Even after becoming prime minister, when I received my appointment, I saw in 41:46 that ‘they patrolled the whole land’ and actively engaged in business.
As an adult, you can't be active.
The more years of faith you have with your office, the less active you are.
It's not in my baby, it's in the Bible.
What is the event in John 6:1-13?
This is the scene of Oh Byeong-Eye.
At the scene of this miracle, there are three characters except Jesus.
1. Philip-- A disciple with negative thoughts. How can we feed all these people?
2. Andre-- A rational thinker. A child has five barley loaves and two fish, can they eat so many people?
3. Child (Adolescent) - Actively puts out their own lunch box.
The power of Jesus is revealed on the basis of a child's active actions. A child's positive attitude creates a miracle.
A person who can give when God needs it is a person of blessing.
All adults say that when it's negative, a child's active behavior can feed five thousand people.
As we start 2012, with our resolve and determination to 'let's do that' to 'pursue and obey God', we must hold fast to God without falling apart, break free from the habit of bringing failure, and forget about what we have in our relationship with God. We learned the characteristics of those who are blessed by examining the characteristics of Joseph with the attitude of faith that we must go one step further today by examining whether there are any.
What are you going to do?
Will you be blessed through an active life, an active faith in God? Or are you going to live a different life?
Open your heart.
Please open up the frame of thought you have so far, and I hope you fill the paradigm for the new you.
Your thoughts that you have had so far are your results now. If your life in the next ten, twenty, fifty and sixty years is the same as it is now, can you really say that you are happy then?
If you think that is not possible, please boldly throw away the frame of your thinking now. I hope that it will be an active start with a new paradigm of thinking. Just like Joseph, and like Jesus Christ, who saved all mankind on this earth through his example.