SIGN ME UP
Today's reading: Genesis 36-38

"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 37:13-14 NLT

Joseph had no clue what all this trip for his dad would entail.

I really think he thought it was simply a fact finding mission to see how his brothers were doing, then report back to his father.

Would he have been so ready to say 'sign me up' had he known about the slavery he would endure, the prison he would live in, the miles he would be separated from his family, the lies that would soon be spoken about him?

As I read about Joseph this morning, I'm wondering if that's why God doesn't spread our whole life before us...

Why He doesn't share for our approval every heartache we might endure...

Why He doesn't give us a checklist of what we might see as acceptable or not in our testimonies...

Why He doesn't provide for us a movie reel of our lives to preview and give Him the go-ahead...

He just asks us if we are willing to go.

He just wants to hear us say, Sign me up!