[Discoveries] 04-10-08 A bigger plan -- Genesis 50:4

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/*"... speak to Pharaoh for me ..." -- Genesis 50:4*/

Twenty-six years have passed since Joseph was "put in charge of the 
entire land of Egypt." The famine was now a memory, and it appears that 
Joseph's influence was beginning to recede. Joseph was 56, about halfway 
through his 110 years. By the end of the chapter -- and the end of his 
life, he isn't sending messages to Pharaoh at all. Instead, he is 
promising his brothers that God would come to their aid and bring them 
up out of Egypt.

I've lived long enough now to see that new stars rise. Old leaders are 
sometimes put out to pasture to make room for the young. Sometimes the 
stars of yesterday are forgotten in the fireworks of today.

All of this would be terribly unfair, if God didn't have much bigger 
plans for all of us. Joseph's rule in Egypt came about to preserve a 
nation and a family. That was the plan of God.

But what is the lesson of the last half of Joseph's life? Here's the 
lesson. God doesn't need bright lights and cameras to make your life 
significant. You may die in utter obscurity. You may say goodbye to the 
living by telling them to hope for better days. But God hasn't used up 
your usefulness. God's plan for you is too big to fit inside 70 years or 
110 years or 1,000 years. It's too big for a little kingdom like Egypt 
to contain.

Soon after Joseph was made ruler of the land, a runner ran before his 
chariot to say, "Make way! The ruler is coming. Step aside." But now 
there weren't enough chariots in Egypt to carry, nor enough voices along 
the Nile to announce the plan of God.

Be encouraged!
Dwight

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