Genesis 45: 16-20: “And the fame thereof was heard in Pharaoh’s house, saying, Joseph’s brethren are come: and it pleased Pharaoh well, and his servants. And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Say unto thy brethren, This do ye; lade your beasts, and go, get you unto the land of Canaan; And take your father and your households, and come unto me: and I will give you the good of the land of Egypt, and ye shall eat the fat of the land. Now thou art commanded, this do ye; take you wagons out of the land of Egypt for your little ones, and for your wives, and bring your father, and come. Also regard not your stuff; for the good of all the land of Egypt is yours.”
When the Lord finally acts it is hard to hide the evidence. While it is true that Joseph was a very important official in Pharaoh’s court, he didn’t come to Egypt as an important official, rather he came as an unheralded slave. Now, when the Lord had finally finished the work of preserving life, everyone in Pharaoh’s household knew about the reunion of Joseph’s family. The brothers had plotted in secret but now their actions were seen in public. This reminds us of the words of the Lord Jesus Christ that were written in Luke 8: 17 “For nothing is secret, that shall not be made manifest; neither any thing hid, that shall not be known and come abroad.” We may think that we are doing things in secret but God knows everything, even our most hidden secrets and these things have a way of being made know when we don’t want them to be. Pharaoh was happy for Joseph and commanded him to bring his whole family to Egypt and live wherever they wanted to live. If we trust in the Lord Jesus Christ we will be rewarded because one day “every knee shall bow before him and every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God.” (Phil 2: 10, 11) Some will do this with gratitude and joy while others will do it with deep regret and, on that day, everyone will have their secret thoughts about the Lord Jesus Christ exposed to public scrutiny.
(The view expressed in this blog are my own and should not be taken as inspired in any way.)
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