THURSDAY - 20TH JANUARY, 2022
MORNING WINGS DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE - Olusola ADEJUMO
WHICH KNEW NOT JOSEPH - National Stories Series 002
READ Gen. 41
Exodus 1:8, KJV
"Now there arose up a new king over Egypt, which knew not Joseph".
Treatment that we are dealt many times is harvest of the seed someone sows. Action begets reaction. This unfortunately may be negative ones at times. If you won't forget Joseph, he's significantly and best remembered as the saviour of Egypt through the given and applied wisdom of grain preservation. He brought Pharaoh and Egypt wealth untold by taken advantage of other nations' blindness to see the coming evil and hide. Having been very much esteemed by Pharaoh and the Egyptians with all knees submitting to him, he became a model for all to look at. He was a gift and if you'll put it right, a "god" to the Egyptians. Joseph himself even sent his brothers to tell his father that God had made him a "father" to Pharaoh [Gen. 45:8]. If that be, there won't be anything good and comely in life difficult for Pharaoh to release for Joseph's sake. All these his deeds made Pharaoh succumb to accommodating Israel into a specified separated land called Goshen. Pharaoh didn't see it a hard thing to do to harbour a whole nation in his country because he had seen an example of the Hebrews in Joseph. If Joseph had wisely behaved himself in a manner as to bring salvation to the Egyptians, then the other Hebrews can't but be the good luck and charm of the Egyptians. No wonder, when Joseph presented his brothers to Pharaoh as nomadics, he immediately seized that opportunity to request them to be shepherds of his own herd too. Trust immediately rose [Gen.47:6].
However, this Joseph of mighty deed and this grateful Pharaoh soon passed away. With the death of a saviour and the rise of a new king who doesn't know Joseph, the Hebrews became second class citizens in the land their brother, predecessor, ancestor had preserved and won recognition for. Yesterday, I taught in the devotional what embarrassment befalls someone whose his defence or influence dies or falls away. We saw how the Philistines didn't flee for their lives until they had ascertained their champion: the one in whom their soul rested in had fallen and died. Things embarrassing and disgraceful happens to one's down lines at one's back because the man whose reputation should be considered for one's soft treatment has left.
That place says, "a new king rose who knew not Joseph". It simply means one who didn't hear of the achievement and preservative work of Joseph. If he had been told and had heard, he would have respected Israel and had not taken them as slaves nor had their born sons thrown into the Nile. But when history is not told, people become guilty and victims of the past that should have curtailed their wrong actions or preserved them from same. I pray for you, the deeds of those on whose account you should be kindly treated shall always appear, recalled and known. If it goes into oblivion, you may suffer for it. That Israel went into slavery may fulfill the prophecy God had given to Abraham afore time but it was also because one man who should know Joseph didn't know Joseph [Gen. 15:14-14]. If he had known Joseph and his deeds had been rehearsed in his ears, it may not be him who would be this hard on Israel. May your Joseph not die. That's your ticket to good life. When he does, may his deeds speak still. Have we not read of the voice of righteous Abel that cries though dead [Heb.11:4]. Better still, Jesus blood speaks better things even till now on our behalf than the blood of this righteous Abel [Heb.12:24]. I therefore pronounce you blessed. I say let Josephs rise for you. Whenever it remains little for you to suffer and become victim of a wrong decision or action, may mouths, records and deeds be recounted to your salvation. I have spoken and it is so. You will reap the good deeds of someone you don't even know was sown.
PRAYER: God of all the earth, make me a Joseph to nations. Let my deed preserve, bless and bring nations out of depression. Even at death, may my Josephs (parents' etc) deeds speak for me. Before the Father and men, may Jesus' suffering, death and righteousness procure me favour always.
BIBLE IN A YEAR: Genesis 39:1-41:16, Matthew 12:46-13:23, Psalm 17:1-15, Proverbs 3:33-35
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