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Date Posted: 05:24:18 08/04/05 Thu
Author: Pastor Eric Aschendorf
Author Host/IP: 12.222.39.61
Subject: Where are you today?

Shalom,

Gen 39:20 And Joseph's master took him, and put him into the prison, a place where the king's prisoners [were] bound: and he was there in the prison.
Gen 39:21 But the LORD was with Joseph, and shewed him mercy, and gave him favour in the sight of the keeper of the prison.

I think it may be safe to say that you probably know the basics of the story of the life of Joseph as it revolves around his brothers, his Master and Pharaoh. Have you ever really stopped to think that before he found favor in his Master's house he was first found in a pit? He would have to go through an extreme difficulty before he would receive his next blessing. Before he found favor in Pharaoh's house he was found in a prison. Before he found the blessing the LORD had for him he would first be oppressed, physically by satan in his circumstances. Before the blessing, came the oppressing! Where are you today?

Before it become glass silicon is put under pressure. Before it produces a pearl an oyster is irritated. Before it becomes a diamond coal is put under pressure and heat and then still must be broken before it is found to be of value to others. Before the blessing, came the oppressing! Where are you today?

Before he would preach the message of deliverance to 120 thousand, Jonah was in the belly of a large fish. Before he would reap double the rewards Job lost everything. Before she would be found in the lineage of Y'SHUA Rahab lived in a wall as a prostitute. Before she would also be found in the lineage of Y'SHUA Ruth would lose her husband. Before HE became SAVIOR, Y"SHUA would have to die! Before the blessing, came the oppressing! Where are you today?

Psa 23:1 [[A Psalm of David.]] The LORD [is] my shepherd; I shall not want.
Psa 23:2 He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.
Psa 23:3 He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.
Psa 23:4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou [art] with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.
Psa 23:5 Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.
Psa 23:6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.

Before the blessing, came the oppressing!
Where are you today?
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