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Genesis 45:1-15

This is the moment for which Joseph has been waiting for a long time. What patience he had shown! If he had made himself known too early, his brothers would have honoured him because they had to, like the sheaf in his dream, but their hearts would have remained cold and fearful.

The brothers learn now that the governor of Egypt, to whom all this glory belongs, is none other than the one they have hated and rejected. Not only is he alive, but all things are subject to him (Hebrews 2:8). And their criminal dealings have been the precise means of fulfilling his dreams. What confusion must have filled their hearts when they see for themselves the noble grace of which Joseph is the living proof. He did not avenge himself; he does not now even reproach them; he only wants their happiness! And as for his own heart, it is filled with joy, similar to the Shepherd’s when he found the lost sheep. Now the brothers are given a happy message, good news: to go to their father and tell him about the glory of the person who has pardoned them. That is also our mission, dear redeemed ones of the Lord; we should tell others, beginning with our close relatives, what we have found in Jesus and tell over "all His glory" to His Father, in meetings for worship.

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