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A Minor Setback For A Major Comeback

(Genesis 37:1-4 KJV)

1And Jacob dwelt in the land wherein his father was a stranger, in the land of Canaan. 2These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brethren; and the lad was with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father's wives: and Joseph brought unto his father their evil report.  3 Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age: and he made him a coat of many colours. 4And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him.

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he story we find in Genesis 37 is one of the most outstanding and oppressional parts of the story of Joseph, who's one of the greatest visionaries of all time. Joseph’s history is enough to make a good soap opera rank number one at a all time high, among its biblical constituents. Now how did this dose of drama get started in the text amongst us today? Well it was Joseph's father Jacob, who worked for his future father-in-law for seven years to acquire the hand and the apple of his eye Rachel in marriage. And after longevity of working for her—he was tricked into marrying her older cross eyed sister Leah. And even though he ended up magnificently married to both lofty Leah and romantic Rachel, Leah was the wife who gave birth to six sons before Rachel ever conceived child. In chronological birthing order it was Joseph who was the firstborn of the beloved wife Rachel. Then eventually, Jacob begat twelve sons in all, and as you might imagine there was a daunting disturbance in the family of sibling rivalry between Joseph and his brothers.

After all, Jacob dazzled, doted, desirously and deliberately upon Joseph—because it was Jacob who prepared, planned and postmarked giving Joseph a coat of many colors. The coat of many colors we’ve heard about over the years was a symbolic mark of distinction, demand, and devotion of favoritism that generated the spirit of jealousy among Joseph's brothers. Instead of being happy, helping and unhinderous toward Joseph they literally became player haters! So, watch out for your haters—but most of all don't be found guilty of being a hater yourself!

So the question before the house might be exactly what is a hater? Well I must bare record that a hater is someone that is jealous and envious and entangled in enormous, encaged emotionalism and spends a great value of their time trying to make you look like a grasshopper so they can look like giants. They are very negative, nagging, nauseous, noiseless, and non-cooperative people that ever lived. In other word—your best is never good enough! And you and I need to accumulate some positive common sense—that whenever you make your mark, you will always attract some haters! That's why you have to be careful who you share your blessings and your dreams with, because some folk can't handle your seasonal or the solidarity of your success.

We will soon discover that Joseph was successful but he had to overcome the spiritual scorpions of his life in order to move from the pit to the palace of his vocations. Joseph in his life was loved and hated, favored and abused, tempted and trusted, exalted and abased. But yet at no point in the life of Joseph did he ever seem to get his eyes off God or cease to trust him. The alignment of the enemy's adversity did not harden his character. Prosperity did not ruin him. He was the same in private as in public. He was a truly great man and dreamer.”

There were definitely some pit-stops and valleys in Joseph life—from the pit to the palace. And we too will face some pit-stops on the road to our palaces! In fact, the pathway to the fulfillment of a dream is always filled with valleys opposition.

You see you have two choices when you come to the valleys of oppositions. You can either grow or you can allow yourselves to be grinded. You can give up or you can give more. The dream God has given you will either live or die in the pit-stops that you will face on this journey. In celebrating our black history legacy—there should be a tender triumph testimony that God has carried the black race from the pit to the palace. Someone once wrote, "Rosa sat so Martin could walk, so Obama could run, so that our Children could fly from the pit to the palace!" And As I preach this message, I would hope as a generation of black people that every family needs a leader in the family as other would follow. Whenever I look at this story of Joseph I see:

I. The Favoritism Of His Father:

(Genesis 37:3 KJV)

Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age: and he made him a coat of many colours.

Now verse 3 verses give us a inclination about the segregated atmosphere within the home of Joseph. The biblical account bares record that Jacob was guilty of favoritism in his relationship with his children. If you've noticed, we are clearly told in the text that “Jacob loved Joseph more than all his children”.

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