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Jacob RESISTED 43:1-5 REMEMBER JACOB’S COVENANT PROMISE GEN 28:10-FF The Elephant in the Room 1 Now the famine was severe in the land. 2 So it came about when they had finished eating the grain which they had brought from Egypt, that their father said to them, "Go Genesis 42:29-43:15 back, buy us a little food." 3 Judah spoke to him, however, saying, "The man solemnly Agree/Disagree: One of the most ironic warned us, 'You shall not see my face unless your brother is with you.' truths in life seems to be that if something In ch42, the father of Joseph is called by his GIVEN name - JACOB is going to go wrong... IT WILL! - Jacob = “deceiver” or “supplanter” - speaks of his _________FLESH In ch43 He is called ISRAEL - his COVENANT name - it speaks of the At some point for Joseph’s family THERE WAS GONNA BE A RECKONING PROMSE of God to his family and to him personally _________________________________________________________THEY WERE GOING TO HAVE TO GO BACK TO EGYPT FEAR WAS A - Israel = ‘soldier of’ or ‘contender with’ God 29 When they came to their father Jacob in the land of Canaan, they told him all that had BARRIER happened to them...35 Now it came about as they were emptying their sacks, that behold, Jacob’s first inclination - _____________________________PUT IT OFF AS LONG AS HE COULD every man's bundle of money was in his sack; and when they and their father saw their bundles of money, they were dismayed. (Genesis 42) - It crippled their living (UNDERSUPPLIED) - It PROLONGED the A Leader Arises In the Family ‘dismayed’ (v35) is best translated AFRAID (cf Gen 3:10) imprisonment of Simeon ! Reuben should have LED the family Many of these responses and reactions are driven by ________FEAR - It delayed the REUNION ! Jacob REJECTED His plan 42:37-38 ! JUDAH stepped into LEADERSHIP in the When things don’t go the way they’re supposed to... (THE WAY WE with Joseph WANT IT TO) family < We react with __________NEGATIVITY and ___________SUSPICION Jacob’s second move - ! Judah has an HONEST conversation with < We often _________________LOSE OUR VISION HORIZONTAL V _____________________RESORT TO DECEPTION v6 VERTICAL his dad about their situation < We cultivate a _________RESISTING mind rather than an embracing heart - Notice the ___________SELFISHNESS ! Judah becomes the LINE of MESSIAH in his language Jacob REJECTED 42:36-38 “I” ‘ME’ ‘MY’ INSTEAD OF ‘WE’ ‘US’ ‘OUR’ 36 And their father Jacob said to them, "You have bereaved me of my children: Joseph is Jacob RELUCTANTLY AGREES 43:11-15 no more, and Simeon is no more, and you would take Benjamin; all these things are 11 Then their father Israel said to them, "If it must be so, then do this: take some of the against me." best products of the land in your bags, and carry down to the man as a present, a little He assigned _______BLAME HE’S HINTING AT WHAT HE SUSPECTS balm and a little honey, aromatic gum and myrrh, pistachio nuts and almonds. 12 And He ____________OVERREACTED JOSEPH IS DEAD. SIMEON IS DEAD... take double the money in your hand, and take back in your hand the money that was He took it all ____________PERSONALLY EVERYTHING IS AGAINST ME returned in the mouth of your sacks; perhaps it was a mistake. 13 Take your brother also, and arise, return to the man; 14 and may God Almighty grant you compassion in the sight 37 Then Reuben spoke to his father, saying, "You may put my two sons to death if I do not of the man, that he may release to you your other brother and Benjamin. And as for me, if bring him back to you; put him in my care, and I will return him to you." 38 But Jacob said, I am bereaved of my children, I am bereaved.” "My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he alone is left. If harm SCHEME should befall him on the journey you are taking, then you will bring my gray hair down to - He at first attempts to ________ (manipulate) vv11-12 FAITH FINALLY PEEKS OUT! Sheol in sorrow." NOTICE THE FAVORITISM HAS NEVER LEFT - THEN Jacob finally lives up to the name ISRAEL vv13-14 HIS FAITH DIDN’T FULLY BLOOM, BUT IT WAS THERE AND GOD RESPONDS He DISMISSES Reuben’s suggestion NOTE: MY SON...ONLY ONE LEFT Then he CLOSES THE DOOR to a return to Egypt Insights and Applications 1) Do you see a NEGATIVE MENTALITY in yourself? Instead of risking losing Benjamin, Jacob... - was willing to let Simeon _____ROT in an Egyption prison 2) Do you need to REFOCUS to a vertical reality? - was willing to let a foreign leader believe his sons were LIARS and spies Jacob was acting liKe anything but a PATRIARCH! 3) Turn to God with the ‘little’ faith that you’ve got! Notes from The Heights Series: Not Your Average Joe Notes from The Heights Series: Not Your Average Joe .