February 14
Divided
Genesis 45:1-8; 47:11-21
The people God uses for his purposes may have hidden flaws – unknown even to themselves. Joseph recognized God’s guiding hand in his life, allowing his family to be saved. They were given the best land in Egypt to settle. But Joseph also consolidated Pharaoh’s power during the famine and reduced the Egyptians to poverty and servitude. Would this inequity lead to Egyptian hostility toward the descendants of Israel?
