TUESDAY 7 MAY, 2013
FAVOUR EARNS TRUST
MEMORY VERSE
But the LORD was with Joseph, and shewed him mercy,
and gave him favour in the sight of the keeper of the prison. Genesis 39:21
READ
Genesis 39:20-23
Gen 39:20 And Joseph's master took him, and put him into the prison, a place
where the king's prisoners were bound: and he was there in the prison.
Gen 39:21 But the LORD was with Joseph, and shewed him mercy, and gave him
favour in the sight of the keeper of the prison.
Gen 39:22 And the keeper of the prison committed to Joseph's hand all the
prisoners that were in the prison; and whatsoever they did there, he was the
doer of it.
Gen 39:23 The keeper of the prison looked not to any thing that was under his
hand; because the LORD was with him, and that which he did, the LORD made it to
prosper.
MESSAGE
The favour of God
is a manifestation of God's presence. During his trial, Joseph was sold into
slavery but God was with him. If God is with you, wherever you go, He goes.
Also, if He is with you, the situation that is trying your faith does not and
cannot drive God away from you. Whether you feel God's presence or not, as long
as you are in His will, be rest assured that He is with you. As long as you
cling to Him, nothing can separate you from God. This explains why you must
seek His presence for the rest of your life.
When God is with
you, you will enjoy favour. Favour usually comes with several other benefits.
Let us see some of them. From today's reading, we see that favour makes you to
earn people's trust including that of your enemies. Can you imagine that the
chief warder, who was paid by the state to oversee Joseph's punishment in the
prison yard, was the same person who entrusted control of the prison and its
occupants to him? Having found favour in his sight, Joseph was no more seen and
treated like a prisoner but as an unofficial warder. He suddenly began to trust
Joseph. In life, what you will become and even the heights you will attain are
partly dependent on how much trust is reposed in you. Will you commit sensitive
assignments into the hands of those you do not trust? I doubt it. This season,
to reach your goal, you will ride on the trust of people including those meant
to supervise your oppression in Jesus name. In additional to this, we see that
favour makes men to trust you even to their detriment. If Joseph had released
some prisoners into the wild, the government would have held the chief warder
responsible. That could have cost him his life. Yet, he trusted him to his
detriment. In your unpleasant situation, the favour of God will cause men to
entrust you with great assignments. They will entrust more responsibilities to
you including their lives without knowing what is motivating them to do so. On
the other hand, are you trustworthy?
KEY POINT
Looking at the life of Jesus, it is obvious that what
God wants to do on an international level He would start at a very little
corner.
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