One thing that gets overlooked about Joseph is that before God dropped an epic dream on him the scripture states that he “was pasturing the flock with his brothers while he was still a youth…” (Gen.37:2).

So, what’s my point? Well, it’s this junior:

Joseph had a job. He wasn’t living off mommy’s American Express card. He wasn’t some pasty skin, indolent, indoor boy. The young dude ran livestock. He’s not spending fifty hours a week surfing TikTok videos and watching porn. He’s busy. He’s getting his hands dirty. He’s making his own money, sonny.
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“Pasturing the flock”, like we see with David (1Sam.17:34), entails caring for the sheep and warding off dangerous predators like lions, wolves and bears. It doesn’t mention that Joseph had to contend with those four-legged killers but you can bet your AirJordan’s that where there is prey (sheep), there are predators looking to make them their lunchables.

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By the way, here’s a FYI for the young and dumb city slickers: jumping into those types of frays is no small task. Joseph you see was not a seventeen year old silly wuss. The young squire had this thing called, “cojones.” If you don't know what that means, then Google it. His job was rough, hands on and entailed gravitas on Joseph’s behalf if he wasn’t going to suck at it. My point in belaboring the point about Joseph’s blue collar job is that before Joseph got his dream, his divine purpose and calling he had a regular, non-sexy, job. He was faithful working his dad’s flock (Luke 16:10-13). He wasn’t idle. He wasn’t some entitled gum smacking punk.

God doesn't give holy dreams to the lazy...

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Doug Giles is Pastor of Liberty Fellowship in Wimberley, TX, and is the founder of ClashDaily.com​

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