Jacob and Joseph are reunited, yet something much larger seems to be at play. The family is now safely in Egypt, but they are not out of harm’s way yet. The family must discern what God is doing in their midst as they seek to walk in obedience to what he has called them to.

God in his grace brings resolution and reconciliation to the hurt, pain and guilt of our past. The chapter begins with the brothers riding high and all of their troubles behind them. But God uses Joseph to bring their own sin to light so that they can experience grace.

Part 1 of 2 - God in his grace brings resolution and reconciliation to the hurt, pain and guilt of our past. This is personified in the life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.

God directs the very large, significant details of our world to bring about His plan for His glory and our good.

God directs the very small, minute details of our lives to bring about his plan which is for his glory and our good.

Although we have failed to be righteous, God provides Jesus’ sacrifice for us to make us righteous.

The family that God has elected, through which all the families of the earth will be blessed (Genesis 12:3), has turned out to be highly dysfunctional. But this is all part of God’s plan (Genesis 15:13-14). He will get glory from this dysfunctional family, and will use the actions of this dysfunctional family, which were meant for evil, and cause them to be for their good (Genesis 50:20).

God is sovereignly causing the covenantal promise that he made to Abraham in Genesis 12:1-3 to come to pass. God has elected Joseph to be the one through whom this promise will come to fruition. God begins to do this in Joseph’s life by giving him very specific dreams about his future.