Genesis 45: 9-15: “Haste ye, and go up to my father, and say unto him, Thus saith thy son Joseph, God hath made me lord of all Egypt: come down unto me, tarry not: And thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen, and thou shalt be near unto me, thou, and thy children, and thy children’s children, and thy flocks, and thy herds, and all that thou hast: And there will I nourish thee; for yet there are five years of famine; lest thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast, come to poverty. And, behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that it is my mouth that speaketh unto you. And ye shall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt, and of all that ye have seen; and ye shall haste and bring down my father hither. And he fell upon his brother Benjamin’s neck, and wept; and Benjamin wept upon his neck. Moreover he kissed all his brethren, and wept upon them: and after that his brethren talked with him.”
Far from being bereaved of his son and in a desperate position, Jacob was the father of the most powerful man in all Egypt, apart from Pharaoh. Joseph sent a message to tell his father to come straight down to see him. At an earlier stage Jacob had finally stopped fighting and trusted the Lord so the Lord changed his name to Israel. For the last time in his life, Jacob reached a position where he could rest in all that the Lord had done for him. We often feel that our lives are a struggle but, like Jacob, we don’t know what is happening outside of our knowledge. However, the Lord promised that things would alway work for good if we love Him and are called according to His purpose (Rom 8: 2). It is always a good time to stop struggling and trust God for he can do “abundantly above all that we can ask or think”. (Eph 3: 20)
(The view expressed in this blog are my own and should not be taken as inspired in any way.)
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