Genesis 50
After their father’s death, the ten brothers feared that now Joseph might hate them, and revenge himself on them for all they had done to him: so they sent a messenger to him, to beg him to forgive them. “And Joseph wept when they spake unto him.” It nearly broke Joseph’s heart to think that after all he had done for them, they still did not trust him, or believe in his forgiveness. Then they fell down before Joseph, and said, “See, we are thy servants.”
Then Joseph told them once more that it was all God’s good and loving hand to save many people alive. He said to them, “Now therefore fear ye not: I will nourish you and your little ones. And he comforted them, and spake kindly unto them.”
How often today men and women who truly believe in the Lord Jesus are like the ten brothers, and are afraid to believe that the Lord has truly forgiven them. They are afraid to “take Him at His word.” Surely it must make His heart sad to see His own people so slow to really trust Him! And let us never forget that He still lives on high to “nourish” us and our dear ones. Yes, He will never forget us. His love and care will never cease down here, and soon He will have us with Himself in His Father’s house, in the eternal glory.