This Sunday the Journey of Faith takes us to the life of Joseph, and in particular the concluding comments on his life in Genesis 50. Hebrews 11 devotes only one verse, Verse 22, to the rather lengthy record of his life in the book of Genesis, and that one verse references the last two things that are said about him. Joseph stands alone in the account of the patriarchs of Israel in that he lived his entire life above reproach. Joseph is actually considered by many to be a type of Jesus in the Old Testament because he is one of the few people that nothing negative is recorded about him. Joseph was not perfect like Christ but there are many comparisons between his life and the life of Jesus in the New Testament.
Joseph lived with what I would call a growing faith in that he always lived with faith, but we see that faith grow tremendously throughout the ups and downs of his life. What was Joseph’s secret to experiencing a growing faith? It is really quite simple: Joseph knew what his place was in relation to the place of God in his life. Join me this Sunday as we trace some of the places where we see Joseph’s faith grow and perhaps see the way for our faith to grow through the ups and downs of our lives.