It’s All God
Now hurry back to my father and say to him, “This is what your son Joseph says: God has made me lord of all Egypt. Come down to me; don’t delay. You shall live in the region of Goshen and be near me—you, your children and grandchildren, your flocks and herds, and all you have. I will provide for you there, because five years of famine are still to come. Otherwise you and your household and all who belong to you will become destitute.”
Genesis 45:9-11 (NIV)
A maturing faith is always growing deeper convictions that “it’s all God.” Not your intellect, not degrees, not human connections, not certain platforms, not ambition, energy, drive, or desire. This is what Joseph is teaching us.
Joseph essentially says, “Go back home, brothers. Tell the old man that I’ve been made Lord of all Egypt, and he needs to leave the house there. Tell him, don’t worry about your safety. Don’t worry about your existence at all. For that matter, all of you, grab everybody connected to you and make your trek back here as fast as you can. I have Goshen ready for you.”
Remember that Joseph has now been all over Egypt, supervising the collection and the storage of grain. He knows that Goshen is an extremely fertile region and he knows the capabilities of his family to farm land like this. Joseph scours Egypt, handling his responsibilities, but never forgetting that it was not circumstances that brought him here. It was God. And you must know that when God puts you in a place, no matter how much pressure is in that place, you need to maximize your time there because God doesn’t have you there by accident.
Question: Do you think about your whole life in the context that “it’s all about God”?
As Christians, we must nurture this motif and develop this ethic. We live on the foundation of this strong conviction when we accept that God is faithful to His plan for us, individually and collectively. Mark this: He is faithful to what His plan is for you. Sometimes we get upset because we want God to be faithful to our plan, but God is faithful to His plan.
