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SAA Notes
Judah has changed too, as well as Joseph. Judah willingly sacrifices himself for Joseph’s full brother Benjamin, where he once willingly sacrificed Joseph himself to slavery. Judah’s redemption is of moment in the sacred history. Your redemption is of moment too.
SJA Notes
* Dear God Above, You are our God and we are Your people. Please teach us from Your word today.
“For how can I go back to my father if the boy is not with me? I fear to see the evil that would find my father.”
Judah steps up here. We continue to see his emergence as a servant leader.
Judah is willing to sacrifice himself for his younger brother, for the sake of his father.
This is in stark contrast to his behaviour from years gone by – Judah had no problem selling Joseph to the slave traders at the time, even know how it would make his father feel.
But here, what a change!
Judah’s thoughts are for his family, for his brother and father.
This gives us today hope.
We mess up, make mistakes, we choose folly and make silly decisions.
But as God is at work in us we GROW.
Oh that we would be good soil and bear much fruit!
* Father God in Heaven,
Please grow Your word within us, that we would be good soil, the seed bearing forth fruit a hundredfold!
Please mature us in our faith, in our walk before You, that we would grow in our knowledge and understanding of and love for You.
Please make us more like Jesus each day.
Amen.