Sunday, February 25: Joseph
Genesis 44:1–34
But what if you could? Or at least, what if you could make it right? Most of us never get that chance. Joseph’s brothers did.
In Genesis 44, Joseph puts his brothers to a test. He wants to know if they are still the kind of men who would throw him in a cistern or sell him into slavery. So, he sets up his brother Benjamin. Having lavished favoritism on him (like his father did to him with the coat of many colors), he plants a silver cup on him and then falsely accuses him of stealing. Then, he gives his brothers an out—it’s not fair for all of them to suffer for Benjamin’s misdeeds. He offers them the chance to go home to their dad while Benjamin rots in an Egyptian dungeon.
Will they take the bait? Have they changed? They can’t undo what they did to Joseph all those years ago, but they can do things differently with Benjamin. Will they?
Find out on Sunday! See you then!