Genesis 41: 1-7: “And it came to pass at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh dreamed: and, behold, he stood by the river. And, behold, there came up out of the river seven well favoured kine and fatfleshed; and they fed in a meadow. And, behold, seven other kine came up after them out of the river, ill favoured and leanfleshed; and stood by the other kine upon the brink of the river. And the ill favoured and leanfleshed kine did eat up the seven well favoured and fat kine. So Pharaoh awoke. And he slept and dreamed the second time: and, behold, seven ears of corn came up upon one stalk, rank and good. And, behold, seven thin ears and blasted with the east wind sprung up after them. And the seven thin ears devoured the seven rank and full ears. And Pharaoh awoke, and, behold, it was a dream.”
Joseph was ready and waiting even though no one else in the world knew. He was a prophet in every respect. He had a message from the Lord and was told to deliver it to Pharaoh. God used Pharaoh because no one else in the world, at that time, had the power to implement a scheme that would save the world from this great famine, or drought, that was coming soon. At some stage, every Christian will be a prophet in the true sense of the word. In the Bible, a prophet is not someone who tells the future but someone who gives God’s message to one or more people. It is just that the Israeli prophets, of those times, came to remind the people that they weren’t keeping the contract they had made with God. The future aspect always referred to the implementation of the penalty clauses of the contract. However, the Lord was only interested in bringing his people to their knees so that they would obey Him (see Deut 30: 1-3 “And it shall come to pass, when all these things are come upon thee, the blessing and the curse, which I have set before thee, and thou shalt call them to mind among all the nations, whither the LORD thy God hath driven thee, And shalt return unto the LORD thy God, and shalt obey his voice according to all that I command thee this day, thou and thy children, with all thine heart, and with all thy soul; That then the LORD thy God will turn thy captivity, and have compassion upon thee, and will return and gather thee from all the nations, whither the LORD thy God hath scattered thee.”) Every Christian is called upon to obey the Great Commission, that is, to preach the gospel (Mark 16: 15, 16 “And it shall come to pass, when all these things are come upon thee, the blessing and the curse, which I have set before thee, and thou shalt call them to mind among all the nations, whither the LORD thy God hath driven thee, And shalt return unto the LORD thy God, and shalt obey his voice according to all that I command thee this day, thou and thy children, with all thine heart, and with all thy soul; That then the LORD thy God will turn thy captivity, and have compassion upon thee, and will return and gather thee from all the nations, whither the LORD thy God hath scattered thee.”) Anyone can be a prophet today for the future response to the gospel message is sure (John 3: 16 “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”)
(The view expressed in this blog are my own and should not be taken as inspired in any way.)
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