Only a Dreamer!

Scripture paints a sad picture of Joseph’s brothers: Vengeful killing sprees, immorality, and hate.(1)

Perhaps their hardheartedness is best revealed in their ability to sit down and eat a meal while their brother pleaded for his life (Genesis 37:23-25; Genesis 42:21). 

Imagine watching as slave traders shackled your younger brother’s neck and feet (Psalm 105:17-18). Imagine watching your father grieve for twenty-two years (Genesis 37:35). Imagine never genuinely feeling sorrow for these things.(2)

Joseph’s brothers mocked him, calling him a “dreamer” (Genesis 37:19).

And what a dreamer he was!

Only a dreamer would feed those who had put him in a pit to starve. Only a dreamer would protect and care for those who had sold him into slavery (Genesis 45:4-11).

Only a dreamer would hold on to God's promise through twenty-two years of suffering and separation (Genesis 50:19-21).

Please make us such dreamers, Lord!
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(1) See Bad Blood

(2) Joseph's brothers asked forgiveness, but only because they feared for their lives, not because they feared God. This 1-minute devotion explains more fully: I Doubt They Genuinely Repented.

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