June 30, 2017

Brag: June 30, 2017

TODAY’S WORD FOR FRIDAY JUNE 30, 2017.
BRAG

DEFINITION:

To declare boastfully; to speak with excessive pride.

SCRIPTURE:

His brothers said to him (Joseph), do you intend to reign over us? Will you actually rule us? And they hated him all the more because of his dream and what he said. Genesis 37:8.


KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE:

We look today at the life of Joseph who was the favorite son of his father, Jacob. There is no doubt that God used Joseph during his lifetime but as a young man Joseph had his problems with his 12 brothers.

We are told about the dreams that Joseph had. First, he had the dream where he and his brothers were binding sheaves and his brothers sheaves bowed down to his sheaf. Apparently Joseph had to do a little bragging so he told his brothers about the dream and it did not go well with them. They were outraged and asked him who he thought he was that he should reign over them.

Joseph had a second dream in which the sun, moon and stars all bowed down to him. Joseph shared this dream with his father. And then his father was angry with Joseph for being disrespectful as to think that not only his brothers would bow down to him but also his mother and father. Although what Joseph said was truthful Joseph’s family saw it as bragging.

Joseph was a young man and perhaps no different than most young children who do like to brag. We all know that these dreams were a forerunner to how God would use Joseph but the point for us today is that when one brags concerning themselves, it is not accepted by others.

We all know people that like to brag about themselves, about their successes, about their riches, about their intelligence and it goes on and on. All of our abilities come from God and He expects us to use the abilities He has given us for His glory. Above all we should not brag about them giving ourselves the glory.

When we are tempted to brag we need to remember the words of the apostle Paul in Romans 11:36: “For from Him and through Him and to Him are all things. To Him be the glory forever.”


LEARNING:

Our memory verse for this week is found in John 4:35.

Do you not say, there are still four months and then comes the harvest? Behold, I say to you, lift up your eyes and look at the fields, for they are white for harvest!


PRAYER:

May we acknowledge today that all things that we have and all that we are comes from You. Help us, in all that we do and say, give You the glory and thank You for all we have from You.

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