I’M FINE ….. CLEARLY YOU ARE NOT.

PART 2

THE PAIN

GENESIS 42:24 He turned away from them and began to weep, but then came back and spoke to them again.

Genesis 43:29–31 (NIV): 29 As he looked about and saw his brother Benjamin, his own mother’s son, he asked, “Is this your youngest brother, the one you told me about?” And he said, “God be gracious to you, my son.” 30 Deeply moved at the sight of his brother, Joseph hurried out and looked for a place to weep. He went into his private room and wept there. 31 After he had washed his face, he came out and, controlling himself, said, “Serve the food.”

Genesis 45:1–2 (NIV): Then Joseph could no longer control himself before all his attendants, and he cried out, “Have everyone leave my presence!” So there was no one with Joseph when he made himself known to his brothers. 2 And he wept so loudly that the Egyptians heard him, and Pharaoh’s household heard about it.

THE PURPOSE OF THE PAIN

Genesis 45:4–8 (NIV): 4 Then Joseph said to his brothers, “Come close to me.” When they had done so, he said, “I am your brother Joseph, the one you sold into Egypt! 5 And now, do not be distressed and do not be angry with yourselves for selling me here, because it was to save lives that God sent me ahead of you. 6 For two years now there has been famine in the land, and for the next five years there will be no plowing and reaping. 7 But God sent me ahead of you to preserve for you a remnant on earth and to save your lives by a great deliverance. 8 “So then, it was not you who sent me here, but God. He made me father to Pharaoh, lord of his entire household and ruler of all Egypt.

77 SCRIPTURES ON WEEPING DOCUMENT

LEARN TO GRIEVE WELL

GRIEVE THAT WHICH IS LOST.

GRIEVE THAT WHICH WILL NOT BE.

YOU DON'T NEED TO REMAIN A VICTIM.

APPLICATION:

WHAT IS A PRACTICAL STEP YOU CAN TAKE THIS WEEK TO GRIEVE WELL?

2. LEARN TO COME BACK

Genesis 43:29–31 (NIV):

29 As he looked about and saw his brother Benjamin, his own mother’s son, he asked, “Is this your youngest brother, the one you told me about?” And he said, “God be gracious to you, my son.” 30 Deeply moved at the sight of his brother, Joseph hurried out and looked for a place to weep. He went into his private room and wept there. 31 After he had washed his face, he came out and, controlling himself, said, “Serve the food.”

3. LEARN TO STAND ON THE PROMISES OF GOD

Matthew 7:24-27

“Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock 25 The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock. 26 But everyone who hears these words of mine and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. 27 The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell with a great crash

THE PROMISES OF GOD ARE FAITH-FILLED ARROWS TO PIERCE THROUGH YOUR CURRENT REALITY!

Genesis 45:4–8 (NIV): 4 Then Joseph said to his brothers, “Come close to me.” When they had done so, he said, “I am your brother Joseph, the one you sold into Egypt! 5 And now, do not be distressed and do not be angry with yourselves for selling me here, because it was to save lives that God sent me ahead of you. 6 For two years now there has been famine in the land, and for the next five years there will be no plowing and reaping. 7 But God sent me ahead of you to preserve for you a remnant on earth and to save your lives by a great deliverance. 8 “So then, it was not you who sent me here, but God. He made me father to Pharaoh, lord of his entire household and ruler of all Egypt.

APPLICATION

WHAT IS YOUR BEST NEXT STEP THIS WEEK? WHAT IS THE HOLY SPIRIT SPEAKING TO YOU ABOUT? HOW CAN YOU BUILD YOUR HOUSE ON THE ROCK THIS WEEK AND NOT THE SAND?