Reading
SAA Notes
God graciously appears to Jacob and confirms his going to Egypt. Joseph’s relationship with his brothers is amusing because it’s so like our sibling relationships. What do you find of blessing or encouragement in your own life from this passage?
SJA Notes
* God Above, this day is Yours. May we honor You today.
“He presented himself to him and fell on his neck and wept on his neck a good while.”
We can imagine some of what this reunion would have been like.
The welling up of emotion within Joseph, after so long. Sold as a slave, mistreated when innocent of crime, imprisoned for two years, and then spending years working diligently as the top mover and shaker in Egypt.
And now, after all of that, he gets to see his dad again.
This story _should_ make us feel.
It is a wonderful example of how we are built, how we operate, that we are relational beings.
How good it is to look forward to the embrace of our Heavenly Father in glory, when He will gather us His people into His arms – Like a mother hen with her chicks.
* Lord God,
Thank You for Your love and kindness to us.
Thank You that we read here of Joseph seeing his father again after so many years lost.
Thank You for the sure and steady hope we have that one day we will see You, our Heavenly Father, in all truth.
Amen.