Christian Devotional – October 16, 2024

New Beginnings, Day 41

One like God. Read Genesis chapter 41.

Honestly there is so much in this chapter that it was difficult to focus only on one thing from this whole chapter. We see God work and move in powerful in amazing ways through Joseph in the Egyptian nation. Pharaoh makes this statement in verse thirty-eight, “Can we find anyone like this man in whom is the Spirit of God.”

When you think about the culture of Egypt you recognize what a truly phenomenal statement it was. You see, in their culture, Pharaoh wasn’t just king, Pharaoh was God to them. The fact that this Hebrew slave who was in prison would be referred to by Pharaoh himself as one like God is honestly mind-blowing.

God had such a movement to put Joseph exactly where he wanted him to be. And, God allowed this Pharaoh to see and understand exactly how this Hebrew could save him and his nation. When we pray for favor among the people that we are around every day, and when we give God credit for the things that he does, then the people around us can’t help but recognize the one true God and his handiwork in everything we do.

Do the people we interact with every day see God in us? Do they worship God more as a result of having interacted with us?