Wednesday, November 10, 2021

Pleasing the Lord — Part 2

Joseph was a man of integrity and principles. As mentioned yesterday, as a young person he had a real desire to please the Lord, no matter what the cost or consequence. This continued throughout his whole life, as we see from the following references:

• Later on, in the prison, Joseph still had that desire and was used of the Lord, in spite of his hardship:

“The Lord was with Joseph, and shewed him mercy, and gave him favor in the sight of the keeper of the prison. And the keeper of the prison committed to Joseph’s hand all the prisoners that were in the prison; and whatsoever they did there, he was the doer of it” (Genesis 39:21-22).

• Finally, as governor over all the land of Egypt, even though he was then in such a high position, his one aim was to please the Lord.

“And Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Egypt” (Genesis 41:46).

What a lesson this is for us! No matter what age or what happens, our desire should always be to please our Lord.