Each and everyone of us wants to be promoted on the things we do, in our job, in the school, and etc. Most of us think that the only way that we would be promoted is if we stand-out among our co-workers, by exerting more work than all of them. Well, it is true that we must stand-out among our co-workers, but there was this guy in the Bible who stands-out without him exerting any too much effort.
The guy I was talking about was Joseph, one of the 12 sons of Jacob. At the time Joseph was living in Egypt, the Pharoah promoted him as the man who is in charge of the whole land of Egypt, the man next to the Pharoah. Earlier, I said that Joseph did not make any effort to get the promotion, but how did he make it to that very high position? The position he gained isn’t just an ordinary position at that time, because the position he got is equal or almost equal to the Pharoah. What did he do to gain it? Well, when I was reading my Bible, this verse caught me and gave me the answer. This is what Joseph said when the Pharoah asked him to interpret his dreams:
“I cannot do it,” Joseph replied to Pharoah, “but God will give Pharoah the answer he desires.”
-Genesis 41:16, NIV
With what Joseph said in the verse above, I could give you these facts:
- It was GOD who did the job, but He has done it through Joseph.
-It was not Joseph who interpreted the dreams for the Pharoah, because it was God! Joseph knows that he was just used as an instrument of God for His purpose, and he just let God do the job through him!
- Joseph was promoted because of the job that GOD has done through him.
-Because of God’s work through Joseph, Joseph was promoted as someone at the same level with the Pharoah. Joseph really did not do anything, he just let God use him!
With these things, I could say that God promotes those people who are letting themselves be used by Him. So, if you want to be promoted, then let God use you! You can never do everything on your own and by your own, but if you are with God, never worry, because it is God who will do the job for you and through you!
GREAT PROMOTION COMES FROM GOD’S WORK THROUGH YOU, SO LET HIM USE YOU!
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