Singled Out

Singled Out

Genesis 44: ¹⁴ So Judah and his brothers came to Joseph’s house, and he was still there; and they fell before him on the ground. ¹⁵ And Joseph said to them, “What deed is this you have done? Did you not know that such a man as I can certainly practice divination?”

 

¹⁶ Then Judah said, “What shall we say to my lord? What shall we speak? Or how shall we clear ourselves? God has found out the iniquity of your servants; here we are, my lord’s slaves, both we and he also with whom the cup was found.”

 

¹⁷ But he said, “Far be it from me that I should do so; the man in whose hand the cup was found, he shall be my slave. And as for you, go up in peace to your father.”

 

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Their worse fear had come true. Before the journey began, Judah assured Israel that nothing would happen to Benjamin. Now all eleven brothers were in front of Joseph again, this time with serious accusations. Judah volunteered all of them to become slaves of Joseph. But Joseph singled out Benjamin.

 

My Observations:

• Joseph knew how precious he and Benjamin were to Israel.
• Joseph took the special thing from his brothers, namely Benjamin.
• Joseph had no intention of making Benjamin a slave.

 

Adversity shows the real character of a person in his or her reaction to the situation. Judah responded well because he had no explanation for the situation. All he could do was surrender. Same with you and me. We may fight to stay the same, yet we need to surrender to GOD.

 

Challenge

• Why does GOD tell Moses about the conversation between Judah and Joseph?
• Have you ever gone through something and wondered “Why me?”
• Are you prepared for GOD to grow you and can you see the current situation is part of HIS growth plan?