BLESS OTHERS WITH YOUR GIFTEDNESS
14 THEN PHARAOH SENT AND CALLED JOSEPH, AND THEY BROUGHT HIM QUICKLY OUT OF THE DUNGEON; and he shaved, changed his clothing, and came to Pharaoh.
15 And Pharaoh said to Joseph, "I have had a dream, and there is no one who can interpret it. BUT I HAVE HEARD IT SAID OF YOU THAT YOU CAN UNDERSTAND A DREAM, TO INTERPRET IT.”
Genesis 41:14,15 (NKJV)
If God wanted to answer your prayer, rescued or bailed you out of a predicament; He will use what you have, your giftedness, to do that. God used Joseph’s gift to bring him out of the prison. In other words, Joseph's deliverance came on the wing of his giftedness.
You need to treasure whatever gift God has given to you and sharpen it.
You should not despise your giftedness, it is through it that God will promote and announce you. Remember, God always works with the things available, what He has deposited in an individual person (Romans 12:6-8).
Recognize what you have, things available in you—potentials. God knew He deposited something precious in you. He wanted you to discover the gift deposited in you, and harnessed it.
God would want to work with what He deposited in you, to bring to fulfilment whatever He has purposed to do in or through your life. He did weave Joseph's deliverance with the gift in Him.
Your gift will make a way for you.
The desire to be great, successful and become a star, might not be wrong, but greatness comes through serving others with your gifts: "A MAN'S GIFT MAKES ROOM FOR HIM, AND BRING HIM BEFORE GREAT MEN" (Proverbs 18:16 NKJV).
Your riches and greatness will come through whatever you do with your gift.
Whatever you do without stress or much effort is what you are gifted with. Thus use it to serve others!
Find expression for your gift by putting it to work. And do not put money first in using your gift. Use your gift to bless other people without a demand of money. If your motives is to bless other people, not mainly about making money, God will announce you and reward you.
Joseph did not receive anything in return for interpretation of butler's and baker’s dreams. In fact, the man, butler, forgot him completely after he was reinstated. But God did not forget Joseph, He caused the butler to remember him when he was needed most, at the time appointed by God (Genesis 40:23; 41:9-14).
While waiting for the appointed time of your lifting, use your gift to bless the people around you:
5 THEN THE BUTLER AND THE BAKER OF THE KING OF EGYPT, WHO WERE CONFINED IN THE PRISON, HAD A DREAM, BOTH OF THEM, EACH MAN'S DREAM WITH ITS OWN INTERPRETATION. 6 And Joseph came in to them in the morning and looked at them, and saw that they were sad [dejected]. 7 SO HE ASKED . . . "WHY DO YOU LOOK SO SAD TODAY?" 8 AND THEY SAID TO HIM, "We each have had a dream, and there is no interpreter of it." SO JOSEPH SAID TO THEM, "DO NOT INTERPRETATION BELONG TO GOD? TELL THEM TO ME, PLEASE." 12 AND JOSEPH SAID TO HIM, "THIS IS THE INTERPRETATION OF IT . . ." (Genesis 40:5-8,12 NKJV).
READ: Genesis 40:5-15
Some cannot do a thing to help others if money would not be given to them. They believe you have to give them something, material reward, before they could render any assistance or help.
Joseph was enthusiastic to help the butler and the baker of Pharaoh, he interpreted their dreams—he was happy to use his gift to bless them.
Every act of yours is a seed that will germinate and bear fruits (Galatians 6:7). What Joseph did with his gift, the seed of interpreting the dreams of others which he sowed, germinated and produced result after two years (Genesis 41:1,9-15).
Discover your gift and use it to bless mankind, that is the reason why God has given you the gift.
The gift that cannot bless mankind is not from God. What you know to do that can bless other people is a gift from God.
As you are using your gift, you are interpreting the dreams of others; and as you are interpreting the dream of other people, your own dream of many years would be interpreted.
Joseph's dream of becoming a ruler was interpreted, came to fulfilment, as he interpreted butler and Pharaoh's dreams. He was appointed by Pharaoh to be the governor of the land of Egypt—a kind of prime minister:
39 THEN PHARAOH SAID TO JOSEPH, "INASMUCH AS GOD HAS SHOWN YOU ALL THIS, THERE IS NO ONE AS DISCERNING AND WISE AS YOU. 40 YOU SHALL BE OVER [in charge of] MY HOUSE, AND ALL MY PEOPLE SHALL BE RULED ACCORDING TO YOUR WORD; ONLY IN REGARD TO THE THRONE WILL I BE GREATER THAN YOU." 44 PHARAOH ALSO SAID TO JOSEPH, "I AM PHARAOH, AND WITHOUT YOUR CONSENT NO MAN MAY LIFT HIS HAND OR FOOT IN ALL THE LAND OF EGYPT" (Genesis 41:39,40,44 NKJV).
READ: Genesis 37:5-11; 41:37-44
It is my prayer that you will not fail and
your place will not be lost to another person in Jesus name.
Peace!
