The Meaning Of Life

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So, Jacobs family is starting to get low on food again, so he tells his sons to return to Egypt to buy more food. They remind him that “the man” (Joseph) had told them that unless they brought Benjamin, they wouldn’t see him again.

This distraught Jacob a lot, he had already lost Joseph (or so he thought), and Simeon was in prison in Egypt, and now there was a risk of him somehow losing Benjamin. So Judah took an oath that he would protect Benjamin or bear the burden forever.

So they took double the money, money for this purchase of grain, plus the money they found in their sacks when they returned from Egypt the first time.

When they got to Egypt, Joseph ordered that they be brought inside, and they were afraid that they were going to be accused of theft because of the money found in their bags the first time. So they were very afraid.

When Joseph appeared before them, he asked about Jacob and they told him that he was alive and well, then when he asked about Benjamin and saw him, Joseph had to leave the room to weep in private because he was so happy to see his brother.

When he got his composure back, he washed his face and returned to his brothers, and they sat down at ate together, except the Egyptians who would not eat with a Hebrew; it was a sin to the Egyptians.

And the story continues.

I am still puzzled by Josephs actions, and what his motives are. If he was taking these actions to get revenge against his brothers, that was not very Godly. But I cannot think of any other reason he would do this unless it was to humble his brothers to make them better for future generations.

Can you see God’s Will in the story of Joseph? Had he not had his dreams, his brothers would not have been jealous and sold him to the Ishmaelites. And if that didn’t happen, Joseph wouldn’t have become a leader in Pharaoh’s house, and if that had not happened, no one would have interpreted Pharaoh’s dream, they would not have stored up grain during the 7 years of plenty, and who knows then what would have happened.

Jacob and his family might have starved during the famine, every other nation may have faced extinction due to starvation, and even Egypt may have been wipes out.

So is God’s plan good? Is it perfect? The entire story of Joseph is just another example of how God savesthe world yet another time, saving us from ourselves.

How nice would it have been to live in the Garden of Eden, lush, thriving, no famine, mist coming from the ground to water the vegetables, no effort in life, just living the dream, living with God, worshipping an praising Him. But instead, we sinned, and as a result life it tough, full of strive, and we the people often had to worry where their next meal was coming from.

Praise God, that if we turn to Him and live a Godly life, that our life will be so much easier!