January 25th

January 25th -- Genesis 41:37-57 (http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis%2041:37-57&version=NLT)

Joseph is made ruler of Egypt.

So Joseph had advised Pharaoh on what the dreams meant, and had told Pharaoh to put someone in charge of making sure the instructions he gave were followed through. Oddly enough, Pharaoh picked Joseph, since he realized there wasn't anyone else like him around who matched Joseph's intellogence/wisdom.

So Joseph literally gets put in charge of basically everything. He answered to Pharaoh and nobody else.  As Pharaoh even says in verse 44 "I am Pharaoh, but no one will lift a hand or foot in the entire land of Egypt without your approval."

I find it cool how Pharaoh renames Joseph, and calls him "Zaphenath-paneah" because apparently that means "God speaks and lives".

So, well, the next fourteen years go by just as Joseph said they would. Joseph gets married and has two kids - Manasseh and Ephraim - and things are going well even through the famine because Joseph prepared Egypt for it.

I think it's just sort of cool to see stories like this where you can so easily see God's plan falling into place through all these little events. It's encouraging, too, because we all go through rough times, like Joseph (sold into slavery, also jailed when innocent) but God worked through him, so He can work through us, too.

Anyways, I think that's all for tonight. :)
God bless!