Wrapping up our series, Everybody, Brett Younker teaches us what we can learn from the life of Joseph. God can use the life of one person to impact the lives of everyone around them!
Scripture References
3.Now Israel loved Joseph more than any of his other sons, because he had been born to him in his old age; and he made an ornate37:3 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain; also in verses 23 and 32. robe for him. 4.When his brothers saw that their father loved him more than any of them, they hated him and could not speak a kind word to him.5.Joseph had a dream, and when he told it to his brothers, they hated him all the more. 6.He said to them, “Listen to this dream I had: 7.We were binding sheaves of grain out in the field when suddenly my sheaf rose and stood upright, while your sheaves gathered around mine and bowed down to it.”8.His brothers said to him, “Do you intend to reign over us? Will you actually rule us?” And they hated him all the more because of his dream and what he had said.
2.The Lord was with Joseph so that he prospered, and he lived in the house of his Egyptian master. 3.When his master saw that the Lord was with him and that the Lord gave him success in everything he did, 4.Joseph found favor in his eyes and became his attendant. Potiphar put him in charge of his household, and he entrusted to his care everything he owned. 5.From the time he put him in charge of his household and of all that he owned, the Lord blessed the household of the Egyptian because of Joseph. The blessing of the Lord was on everything Potiphar had, both in the house and in the field.
20.Joseph’s master took him and put him in prison, the place where the king’s prisoners were confined.
But while Joseph was there in the prison, 21.the Lord was with him; he showed him kindness and granted him favor in the eyes of the prison warden.
4.Then Joseph said to his brothers, “Come close to me.” When they had done so, he said, “I am your brother Joseph, the one you sold into Egypt! 5.And now, do not be distressed and do not be angry with yourselves for selling me here, because it was to save lives that God sent me ahead of you. 6.For two years now there has been famine in the land, and for the next five years there will be no plowing and reaping. 7.But God sent me ahead of you to preserve for you a remnant on earth and to save your lives by a great deliverance.45:7 Or save you as a great band of survivors
Book IV
Psalms 90–106
Psalm 90
A prayer of Moses the man of God.
1.Lord, you have been our dwelling place
throughout all generations.
2.Before the mountains were born
or you brought forth the whole world,
from everlasting to everlasting you are God.
3.You turn people back to dust,
saying, “Return to dust, you mortals.”
4.A thousand years in your sight
are like a day that has just gone by,
or like a watch in the night.
5.Yet you sweep people away in the sleep of death—
they are like the new grass of the morning:
6.In the morning it springs up new,
but by evening it is dry and withered.
7.We are consumed by your anger
and terrified by your indignation.
8.You have set our iniquities before you,
our secret sins in the light of your presence.
9.All our days pass away under your wrath;
we finish our years with a moan.
10.Our days may come to seventy years,
or eighty, if our strength endures;
yet the best of them are but trouble and sorrow,
for they quickly pass, and we fly away.
11.If only we knew the power of your anger!
Your wrath is as great as the fear that is your due.
12.Teach us to number our days,
that we may gain a heart of wisdom.
13.Relent, Lord! How long will it be?
Have compassion on your servants.
14.Satisfy us in the morning with your unfailing love,
that we may sing for joy and be glad all our days.
15.Make us glad for as many days as you have afflicted us,
for as many years as we have seen trouble.
16.May your deeds be shown to your servants,
your splendor to their children.
17.May the favor90:17 Or beauty of the Lord our God rest on us;
establish the work of our hands for us—
yes, establish the work of our hands.
19.But Joseph said to them, “Don’t be afraid. Am I in the place of God? 20.You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives.
14.And because of my chains, most of the brothers and sisters have become confident in the Lord and dare all the more to proclaim the gospel without fear.
About the Contributor
Brett Younker is a pastor, worship leader, and songwriter at Passion City Church in Atlanta, Georgia. His heart is to help people see and know Jesus in a real way through preaching, teaching, music, or just hanging out. Over the last decade, Brett has helped carry the heart of Passion Music and the Passion Movement to the world, calling a generation to live for the glory of God. Brett has helped write many songs the Church is singing, including “Build My Life,” Fall Like Rain,” Christ Our King,” God, You’re So Good,” “Holy Ground,” “Worthy of Your Name,” and many others. He also hosts a podcast called Jesus Songs that explores the stories of some of the songs we sing each week in church. Brett and his wife, Aynsley, have three kids and a dog named Sgt Pepper. View more from the Contributor.