Genesis 44; Psalm 22; Matthew 25:31-46
Joseph, being seventeen years old. Genesis 37:2
And Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt. Genesis 41:46
God invested 13 years in making a man out of Joseph. One writer has said, “When it comes to building character, God is never in a hurry”. God’s desire is that we might be conformed to the image of His son (Rom. 8:29). As we allow the Holy Spirit to work in our life, he will help us to “grow in grace, and knowledge of our Lord” (2 Pet. 3:18). We wait on God to make us the man or woman He wants us to be. —Bob Cretney
More about Jesus let me learn,
More of His Holy will discern;
Spirit of God, my teacher be,
Showing the things of Christ to me. —E.E. Hewitt