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Today's reading: Genesis 48-50

"...When Joseph received the message, he broke down and wept." Genesis 50:17 NLT

We find ourselves in the account of Joseph's life just after his father, Jacob, has passed.

Joseph and his brothers have just returned to Egypt after having carried out their father's request to be buried in the land of Canaan.

The brothers, the same ones who had plotted to kill then decided to sell Joseph into slavery are now getting a little nervous.

They're thinking maybe Joseph had ONLY been kind to them because their father was around.

When Joseph heard about their concerns, he reacted with heartbreak.

Did they still not know him?

I see God dealing with the same things in his interactions with us...

We disregard Him. We push Him aside. We take Him for granted. We ignore, disobey and make light of Him.

We take each and every blessing He gives us with open hands yet we bemoan the slightest trial or discipline required to get our hearts back on track with Him.

We fear His wrath while never fully grasping the greatness of His love.

We worry ourselves into ulcerative states about the what-ifs, the we-don't-understands and the what's-to-come, completely ignoring the glory of the right now in His presence.

Do we still not know Him?