Genesis 50 - Praying God's Word

 

Please read Genesis 50.

www.blueletterbible.org/nasb/gen/50/1/s_50001

Meditate on this sentence from verse 17a.

 

Please forgive, I beg you,

the transgression of your brothers

 and their sin, for they did you wrong. 

 

After their father died, the brothers feared Joseph’s retaliation.  They sent a message saying their father asked, before he died, for Joseph to forgive them.  After the message was delivered, the brothers themselves asked Joseph to forgive them. Interestingly, Genesis 50:17 is the first time we observe the brothers actually asking Joseph for forgiveness.  They sold Joseph into slavery 39 years earlier and lived with him in Egypt for the past 17 years before asking for his forgiveness.  

Joseph forgave his brothers, reminding them God used their evil for good.  He promised to provide for them and their little ones, comforting them and speaking kindly to them (v. 21).

Ask God to forgive you of sins from your past.  Perhaps you even have sins from 39 years ago you need to confess.  Is there somebody you need to contact and ask their forgiveness?  Is there somebody who needs you to forgive them and who needs you to stop withholding comfort and kindness to them?  

Pray Genesis 50:17 and 20-21 over yourself and those for whom you stand guard as a faithful, prayerful watchman (Isaiah 62:6-7).

“God, my Father, please forgive my transgressions.

 Help me to forgive the transgression and

 sin of ___________;
even though they did me wrong.


God, use for good what was meant for evil.

 Let them not be afraid of me.


Help me provide for them and their little ones.

 Help me comfort them and speak kindly to them.

In Your name, Jesus~”

 

The WATCHMAN on the WALL – Dr. Ron and Marsha Harvell