Title: The Provisions Of A Father
Memorize: A father of the fatherless, a defender of widows, is God in His holy habitation. Psalm 68:5 (Nkjv)
Bible Reading: Genesis 37:3-11 (Nkjv)
[3] Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age. Also he made him a tunic of many colors.
[4] But when his brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, they hated him and could not speak peaceably to him.
[5] Now Joseph had a dream, and he told it to his brothers; and they hated him even more.
[6] So he said to them, “Please hear this dream which I have dreamed:
[7] There we were, binding sheaves in the field. Then behold, my sheaf arose and also stood upright; and indeed your sheaves stood all around and bowed down to my sheaf.”
[8] And his brothers said to him, “Shall you indeed reign over us? Or shall you indeed have dominion over us?” So they hated him even more for his dreams and for his words.
[9] Then he dreamed still another dream and told it to his brothers, and said, “Look, I have dreamed another dream. And this time, the sun, the moon, and the eleven stars bowed down to me.”
[10] So he told it to his father and his brothers; and his father rebuked him and said to him, “What is this dream that you have dreamed? Shall your mother and I and your brothers indeed come to bow down to the earth before you?”
[11] And his brothers envied him, but his father kept the matter in mind.
Message:
A true father shows love, speaks Words of affirmation, and makes provisions available to his children. I know that some teenagers wish they had this kind of father; however, if you fall within this category, I want you to know that you have the presence and influence of the greatest Father anyone could wish for -God.
Remember that Joseph had the love of his earthly father, and this made his brothers hate him. When they eventually sold him into slavery, they thought that they had successfully terminated his destiny. However, they did not know that where an earthly father’s love stops, the heavenly Father’s immense love begins. Throughout Joseph’s journey in Israel, God’s presence and favor were with him. This distinguished him in Potiphar’s house and the prison and eventually led him to the palace.
My dear child, if you have no biological father or any father figure in your life, take comfort in knowing that God fills that role perfectly. He loves you unconditionally and will always provide for you and protect you.
Key Point:
God is a loving Father; trust in His ability to always protect you and provide for you.
Bible Quiz:
made _______a coat of many colors and his __envied him.
HYMN 30: When We Walk With The Lord
1 When we walk with the Lord
in the light of his word,
what a glory he sheds on our way!
While we do his good will,
he abides with us still,
and with all who will trust and obey.
Refrain:
Trust and obey, for there’s no other way
to be happy in Jesus, but to trust and obey.
2 Not a burden we bear,
not a sorrow we share,
but our toil he doth richly repay;
not a grief or a loss,
not a frown or a cross,
but is blest if we trust and obey.
3 But we never can prove
the delights of his love
until all on the altar we lay;
for the favor he shows,
for the joy he bestows,
are for them who will trust and obey.
4 Then in fellowship sweet
we will sit at his feet,
or we’ll walk by his side in the way;
what he says we will do,
where he sends we will go;
never fear, only trust and obey.
Bible In One Year: 2 Chronicles 1:1-3:17 Romans 6:1-23
Authors: Pastor E. A. Adeboye and Pastor Folu Adeboye