TRACKING THE BLOODLINE OF TH BLESSIN OF THE LORD !

TRACKING THE BLOODLINE OF TH BLESSIN OF THE LORD ! And Joseph came in to them in the morning and looked at them, and saw that they were sad. So he asked Pharaoh's officers who were with him in the custody of his lords house, said, "why do you look so sad today ?" And they said to him, "we each have had a dream, and there is no interpreter of it." So Joseph said to them, "do not interpretation belongs to God ? Tell them to me, please" (Genesis 40:6-8). Like the born-again warden in Louisiana, Joseph cared about the inmates in his prison. He called in compassion (love) toward them. He noticed when they were sad and wanted to help them. Since he has some experience with dreams, He Went to THE LORD and God interpretation for them. Instead of helping him in return and mentoring him to Pharaoh when they got out, however, they forgot about him. Joseph didn't let it get to him, though. He just stayed in that prison and Working THE BLESSING. One morning, two years later, Pharaoh had a dream. Why do you think he had that dream ? Did God just look at him and say, "I'm tired of that Pharaoh sleeping so well. I'M going to give him a dream" ? No, that dream was a manifestation of THE BLESSING and work on Joseph's behalf. It opened up Pharaoh's mind and made him realize he needed help. When he went looking for that help in the form of a dream interpreter, his wants in imprisoned butler told him about Joseph. Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought him quickly out of the dungeon; and he shaved, change the his clothing, and came to Pharaoh. And Pharaoh said to Joseph, "I have had a dream, and there is no one who can interpret it. But I have heard it said of you that you can understand a dream, to interpret it." So Joseph answered Pharaoh, said, "it is not in me; God will give Pharaoh an answer of peace" (Genesis 41:14- 16). Notice, Joseph didn't start backtracking it that point, saying, "Well, I'm just a little Hebrew. What do I know about kings and their dreams ? I'm not sure I'll be of any help to you." He said, in essence, "Pharaoh, whatever you need to know, God was showing me. He'll give me the interpretation." Too many people an attitude like that seems haghty. It irritates them to see someone with that kind of boldness and faith. Like Joseph's brothers, they get mad at believers who have it. But Joseph wasn't haughty. He was just confident in God. And I am not just talking about any god; I'm talking about the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. He knew the One he believed the in. He knew how to pull aside and get God's wisdom. He'd learned how to function in THE BLESSING. Joseph didn't wake up that morning saying, "Oh yeah, I am going to be prime minister of Egypt by nightfall !" He was just walking with God. He has no plan to fight his way up the corporate ladder to leadership. He was just living by faith, loving people, helping them and expecting to be BLESSED. Today, many of God's people want to be BLESSED but not a BLESSING. He had no idea when he walked in to Pharaoh's palace on a one day furlough from prison, that within 24 hours he'd be in charge of the nations finances. But that's what happened. Pharaoh may Joseph his second in command on the spot. It was the smartest thing he ever did because through the plan Joseph introduced into the Egyptian government, Pharaoh became owner of all the land in the nation--- and kept the people from starving to death in the process. I've heard some preacher said that's the reason Joseph was sent to Egypt. God knew there was going to be a famine, so He sent him to a prosperous, heathen nation to provide food for his family. But, God didn't send Joseph to Egypt to get blessed. Joseph brought THE BLESSING to Egypt. It was BLESSED because of him. Instead of destroying the nation, the worldwide famine made it rich--- all because Joseph was there. As long as the Egyptian people and the pharaohs remembered Joseph and THE BLESSING he'd been to them, things went well for them and for the Israelites who moved there during Joseph's time. But there came a day when the Egyptians forgot where there prosperity came from. Instead of honoring the descendents of the man who had once interpreted the critical dream that saved the nation, the Egyptians turned God's BLESSED bloodline into slaves. They burdened and troubled them so much that they cried out to God for deliverance. That's when THE BLESSING moved them out. And I will also say, that's how the world system has done too many: many people work from paycheck to paycheck in Slave to the economy of the Babylonian system !