You Don't Have To Shut-Up...Unless God Tells You To

Often I hear things that get passed around from one minister to another that has no biblical spiritual relevance…one minister said it, another minister heard it and thought it sounded good so then they decide to use it.  On and on this thought gets passed around and pretty soon you have something that sounds like a lesson being taught, but in my understanding it does the complete opposite of what I believe what God would want us to grasp.  Case in point…I often hear ministers say that Joseph should have kept his mouth shut about his dreams when talking to his brothers; that’s what got him sold. They even go as far to say that you can’t tell your dreams to everyone.  To a degree, that’s true but let’s go back to Joseph.  Who gave Joseph his dreams?  We believe that to be God, right? Okay.  Now…do you think when God gave Joseph his dreams that God was clueless to the fact that Joseph was going to share them with his family, specifically his brothers???  You see, in my assessment of Joseph’s life from an eagle’s eye view along with other scriptures I can see that long before the New Testament passages came along, Romans 8:28 was working in Joseph’s life—God was working for the good of Joseph and his family.  God knew Joseph’s character when he gave him his dreams.  He told his dreams to his brothers and eventually some of them conspired to sell him.  But it was that sell of Joseph that catapulted Joseph into a life that later positioned him for saving their jealous be-hinds from poverty. Joseph himself told his brothers they meant what they did for evil but God meant it for good.  Perhaps if God had told Joseph along with the dreams how they would be fulfilled he would have kept his mouth closed.  You and I may have some rough edges that need a little smoothing out but sometimes our very weaknesses He will use to catapult us to where he wants us to be WHILE smoothing us out along the journey he places us on.  Haven’t you ever wondered why He never gives us all the details when He gives us a glimpse into where we’re headed? I do…it’s probably a good thing he doesn’t because I probably wouldn’t be doing or saying anything that would cause me to go through some things to get to where He’s taking me.  But rest assured that if we stay before Him in prayer daily He is smoothing out our character in whatever way necessary all while “He’s using it” for His glory.

 A flip-side to Joseph’s life…I wonder why none of the other brothers got that mission…why Joseph?  Maybe even with his yapping about his dreams, God saw a “worthy” heart in Joseph that none of his brothers had. When the rest of the family came to a point of need one of those other brothers probably would have been like, “You reap what you sow…” Uhmmm…I wonder……… :)

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