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Discipleship Focus: Character, D2
- Character: Having the interior life that is necessary to support the work that God sets before a person. It is hearing from God and obeying. It is doing the right thing when nobody is looking.
Joseph is an incredible man.
However, his life was not easy.
His own family sold him out just to get rid of him. When he abides by God’s ways and does not
desire to have sex with Potifer’s wife, the decision lands him in prison. Here is a man who certainly is as godly as
any man could be, yet his life is anything but free from trouble.
So, what can we learn here in this part of Joseph’s story? Joseph is on a course to be the great leader
that God needs in the future. But he
needs to learn some valuable lessons. He
needs to develop that character so that when the time comes to lead that he can
lead. Joseph finds turmoil and
persecution in his life; God takes that persecution and turmoil and develops
Joseph’s character.
Persecution and turmoil will come.
When we follow God, people will not understand – even people who come
into worship and sit beside us. The
world will reject us. But as the world
rejects, God will use that time to develop character. God will use that time to bring us into a
place in life where we can make the correct and difficult choices when they need
to be made.
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