Thousands of years ago, God gave a series of dreams to a teenage boy.
The young shepherd intuitively understood they predicted his future. He imprudently shared the dreams with his already envious older brothers in a move that demonstrated both his immaturity, as well as his failure to grasp the price he would have to pay to reach what his dream showed.
Unable to tolerate the thought of bowing down to the baby in the family, his brothers sold him as a slave. Their betrayal initiated a baffling 18-year wait to see those dreams come to fruition.
To some extent, Joseph’s story is our story. While we may lack the gift of prophetic dreams, we have specific hopes and desires for how our lives will unfold. And, like Joseph, we are often incapable of comprehending that the fulfillment of our dreams may look nothing like what we originally imagined.
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