Devotion Series: The Life of Joseph and Moses

Hey there folks! Welcome to another installment of my personal devotion series that I am publishing every end of the month. Last month, I have shared in here about the Highlights and Realizations From The Book of Genesis wherein I tackled The Story of Creation, Cain and Abel, Noah's Ark, God's promise to Abraham and how God tested his faith, and lastly, Esau and Jacob.

Since I only read one chapter a day for my devotion, this month's devotion is just the continuation of the book of Genesis and some parts of Exodus. Mainly, I will discuss here the life of Joseph and Moses, and how God were able to used them according to their purpose.

Without further ado, let's begin with this little story telling.

Joseph the Dreamer

Joseph is Jacob's son to Rachel. And since Jacob loved Rachel the most among his four wives, Joseph became his favorite and have given him a colorful robe which made his brothers to be jealous of him.

One day, Jacob sent Joseph to his brothers who are pasturing their father's flock to see how they were doing but his brothers took that as an opportunity to get back to him. They throw him into a pit and solve him as a slave to some traders who are passing by.

He was then brought to Egypt and once again sold as a slave. But God was truly with Joseph for later on, he gained a good position at his master's house. However, his master's wife is interested in him but he didn't entertain her and he just ran away form her. As a revenge, the wife of his master accused him that he attempted to sleep with her so he was send to prison.

Despite that, God is good and He's with Joseph all the time. Joseph interprets the dream of two prisoners who work for Pharaoh but sadly, the chief cupbearer forgot about Joseph when he already went out of prison.

But we have a God who is in control, when the Pharaoh had a dream and no one can interpret it, the chief cupbearer finally remembered Joseph and so Joseph interpreted the dreams of Pharaoh which is about the 7 years of famine that will come.

Pharaoh was so pleased with Joseph that he made him a ruler over all Egypt.

From being a beloved son, to a slave, to a prisoner and finally, a viceroy. That was Joseph's life in summary and truly, that proves that God is indeed with him in all circumstances.

But his life didn't just end there, when his brothers go to Egypt to buy grain, he met them again and have forgiven them. He then invites them to live at Egypt so that he could provide for all of their needs.

This story of Joseph can be found on Genesis 37-50. But if there's a verse who strike me the most in his whole story, it's the Genesis 50:22

 You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives.

Truly, God has a bigger purpose for everything that is happening to us right now.

There are two things that I see in the life of Joseph.

1. God is in control

2. We can experience God's presence in times of difficulty

Indeed, God is in control for whatever that is happening in our life right now. Like how He is in control with the life of Joseph. Yes, there are times that it is hard, that we have to undergo with difficult circumstances but like Joseph, God is with us in our every step of the way.

Moses and how he lead out the Israelites from slavery

Many years has passed and the Israelites grow in numbers. But there comes a new Pharaoh who didn't know Joseph so he was afraid with the Israelites so he made them slave and he ordered that every Hebrew boys and babies should be slaughtered.

Moses was just a baby back then and to save him from death, he was put into the basket and they put it in the Nile river. Pharaoh's daughter pitied him and took him out of a river. So Moses grew up as a prince in Egypt.

One day, he saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew and so he killed the Egyptian. He was so afraid about what he did so he ran into the wilderness and that's where he met the 7 women whom he helps and so Jethro, the father of the women offered his daughter's hand Zipporah, in marriage. From then on, he continue to herd sheep at Midian.

But God called Moses and have told him about how He hears the cry of his people. And how he wants to bring then into a land flowing with milk and honey. At first. Moses was so hesitant because he is not eloquent but still, God uses his life to deliver His people out form Egypt.

Moses tries to persuade Pharaoh to let the people of Israel go and God gas also given signs which are the 10 plagues but then, Pharaoh's heart was so hard and he doesn't want to let go of the people. But on the 10th plague, also known as the Passover in the present time, he finally let the people go.

And with that, their journey on the way to the promise land has started but it's not that easy at all. On their way in there, they have encountered many troubles and hardships which I will be talking about next month since my devotion for this month ended right after the 10th plague.

If there's one thing that I saw in the life of Moses is that even though we are lacking with many things and we are not good with many things, the Lord can still use us mightily. We just have to be willing to obey and we must also let our lives be used by Him. Moses is not eloquent, he's not confident, he's not good at speaking and he is lacking in many ways, yet the Lord uses his life so mightily that he have become one of the greatest prophet who lived. He was given such a hard task but through continuous prayer to the Lord, asking for His help, seeking His ways and relying solely into Him, Moses was able to accomplish the task that the Lord has given him.

And by the way, you can find the whole story of the life of Moses in the book of Exodus.

I guess this will be all for now. The stories I mentioned might already be familiar with you but I do hope that you will also be blessed with the lives of Joseph and Moses. Truly, praise God for their lives!

Again, let us be reminded that God is in control and He is with us in whatever circumstances, specially at difficult times. And He also have the power to use us mightily no matter how we are lacking with many things. We just have to remain faithful and have a complete reliance unto Him.

Thanks for reading this far. Let me share here the links for the previous installments of this devotion series of mine.

June: Highlights and Realizations From The Book of Genesis

Devotions on May: Ends and Beginnings

APRIL: A Compilation of Daily Devotions 

MARCH: Finding my Purpose through Daily Devotion 

FEBRUARY: A Compilation of Daily Devotions 

JANUARY: A Compilation of Daily Devotions 

God bless everyone and take care! :)

#112 - Published: 07-31-2021