Recreate Church, Pastor Michael Shockley—Service, Sunday, November 7, 2021

Missed Exit.

Important note: We had a problem in our audio chain in the morning service, so the audio is a stripped out version from our video production.  We apologize for the quality of this audio as it’s not to our usual standards.  

Today Pastor Michael is back with Joseph in the Old Testament, continuing our study on him.  And one of our themes today is that interpretations belong to God.  Joseph is in prison at this point but the Lord has provided for him, yet again.   In prison, Joseph prospered and is quickly given authority.  Joseph meets two high level, important inmates from Pharaoh’s service; one a butler, the other his chief baker.  

Each of those inmates admitted they had weird dreams the night before.  Remember: Joseph’s special gifts were about dreams, so Joseph asked them about their dreams.  Joseph said something very specific here, that is important:  Interpretations belong to God.  With that, Joseph, with God’s help, interpreted the two inmates dreams.   

The interpretations were exactly as Joseph predicted.  The butler got a good interpretation and the baker did not.  Yet they were still correct.  

The butler forgot all about Joesph, thought and he languished in prison two more years.  He missed another exit!  

Joseph has helped others with their dreams, what about his dreams?  He keeps getting knocked off track.  How is he supposed to interpret these setbacks? 

All of the interruptions in his life weren’t setbacks.  They were his journey!  

Today’s verses are found in Genesis 39: 19-23, Genesis 40: 1-22 and Proverbs 3: 5-6.