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Today's reading: Genesis 36-39

"Soon after this, Joseph's brothers went to pasture their father's flocks at Shechem. When they had been gone for some time, Jacob said to Joseph, Your brothers are over at Shechem with the flocks, I'm going to send you to them. I'm ready to go, Joseph replied." Genesis 37:12-13 NLT

Willing. Eager. Submissive. Obedient. Available. Servile. Just a few words that would define Joseph's response to his father.

But if he had know what was to come?

The plot to destroy him? The pit? The palace? The prison?

Would he have been so eager to say 'yes' to his father?

Are we, not knowing what the future holds?

Do we readily submit to God's call on our lives with eagerness and expectation?

Are we ready to jump and run the moment He whispers a command to us?

Are we obedient to the point that there are no questions asked?

We know how Joseph's story ends. He saves his whole family. God blesses him abundantly.

We can rest assured, as His dear children, the same ending is true for our stories, too.