"JEHOVAH CONTINUED WITH JOSEPH" -Continue

 The chief of the guard entrusted Joseph with the care of those two formerly prominent men. One night they each had a vivid and puzzling dream.  When Joseph saw them in the morning, he could tell something was wrong. So he asked: "Why are your faces so gloomy today?" (Genesis 40:3-7) Perhaps his kindly manner assured the men that it was safe for them to reveal their troubles.  Joseph did not know it, but that conversation would lead to a turning point in his life. Would there had been any conversation, though, had Joseph not chosen to show a little kind concern for others?  His choice may move us to ask ourselves, 'Do I express my faith in God by showing interest to a fellow human? 

The two men explained that they were agitated by their vivid and puzzling dreams-and by the fact that they had no interpreter with them.  The Egyptians placed a lot of weight on dreams and depended heavily on the men who claimed to be able to interpret them. The two men did not know that their dreams had come from Joseph's God, Jehovah. But Joseph knew.  He assured them: "Do not interpretations belong to God? Relate it [the dream] to me, please." (Genesis 40:8 Jehovah's words resound today for all sincere students of the Bible. If only every religious person showed the same humility!  We need to be willing to set aside prideful human thinking and to rely on God as we seek correct interpretations of his word. - 1 THESSALONIANS 2:13; JAMES 4:6. 

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