Christian Devotional – October 22, 2024

New Beginnings, Day 47

The blessing of Jacob. Read Genesis chapter 47.

Joseph brings his family before Pharaoh. For his brothers, they establish that they will be shepherds and will live in a specific part of the land of Egypt. Then Joseph brings his father before Pharaoh. As we’ve already discussed a few days ago, Pharaoh, culturally, was considered god for the people of Egypt. It wasn’t that he was like a god, to them, he was actually god.

So this concept of Jacob blessing Pharaoh is intriguing to me. The idea that Pharaoh understood that Joseph’s God was greater than he was, is awesome. Joseph’s God had interpreted the dream for Pharaoh. Now here is Joseph’s father who has lived a 130 years at this point. Pharaoh wanted to be blessed by God and he knew that Joseph and Jacob represented that.

Do we understand where God is at work? Do we see how he’s moving and are we intent on joining God where he is at work? How can we get on board with his plan today?

Video devotional here: https://youtu.be/t6xmuE-lLxw