Love out Loud
Genesis 50:15-26
Introduction: Do you “LOVE OUT LOUD”? How can we “LOVE OUT LOUD”? How many of you would like to be closer to your family? Children? Grandchildren? Parents? Brothers and Sisters? Friends? Even though we live in a dysfunctional world, our Lord has made provisions for us to build better relationships. Taking a closer look at the life of Joseph will give us several incredible insights as to how to develop “LOVE” that lasts a Lifetime!
Notice (4) ways Joseph demonstrated how to “LOVE out LOUD”:
1. The first way to “LOVE out LOUD” is to SHOW them in every way! (Gen 50:22-26)
“22And Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he, and his father’s house: and Joseph lived an hundred and ten years. 23And Joseph saw Ephraim’s children of the third generation: the children also of Machir the son of Manasseh were brought up upon Joseph’s knees. 24And Joseph said unto his brethren, I die: and God will surely visit you, and bring you out of this land unto the land which he sware to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob. 25And Joseph took an oath of the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you, and ye shall carry up my bones from hence. 26So Joseph died, being an hundred and ten years old: and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.”
** Joseph made lemonade
{In spite of being done wrong, Joseph saw the BIG PICTURE….. and God BLESSED him wherever he went}
2. The second way to “LOVE out LOUD” is to TELL them in every day! (Gen 50:20)
“20But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.”
** Joseph went from the Pit to Potiphar’s
** Joseph went from Potiphar’s to Prison
** Joseph went from Prison to the Palace
** Joseph went from the Palace to Prime Minister of Egypt
** Joseph was not going DOWN, he was going up!
3. The third way to “LOVE out LOUD” is to FORGIVE them in anyway! (Gen 50:15-17)
“15And when Joseph’s brethren saw that their father was dead, they said, Joseph will peradventure hate us, and will certainly requite us all the evil which we did unto him. 16And they sent a messenger unto Joseph, saying, Thy father did command before he died, saying, 17So shall ye say unto Joseph, Forgive, I pray thee now, the trespass of thy brethren, and their sin; for they did unto thee evil: and now, we pray thee, forgive the trespass of the servants of the God of thy father. And Joseph wept when they spake unto him.”
** Had Joseph not ended up in Egypt, he would have never been falsely accused by madam Potiphar and thrown in prison
** Had Joseph never ended up in Prison, he would have never met and interpreted the dream of the Baker and the Butler
** Had Joseph never interpreted their dreams, he would have never interpreted Pharaoh’s dream
** Had Joseph never interpreted Pharaoh’s dream, he would have never become the Savior of the Jewish people
{God had a plan for Joseph, and He has a plan for you and me}
4. The fourth way to “LOVE out LOUD” is to ENCOURAGE them all along the way! (Gen 50:21-26)
“21Now therefore fear ye not: I will nourish you, and your little ones. And he comforted them, and spake kindly unto them.”
The Death of Joseph
“22And Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he, and his father’s house: and Joseph lived an hundred and ten years. 23And Joseph saw Ephraim’s children of the third generation: the children also of Machir the son of Manasseh were brought up upon Joseph’s knees. 24And Joseph said unto his brethren, I die: and God will surely visit you, and bring you out of this land unto the land which he sware to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob. 25And Joseph took an oath of the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you, and ye shall carry up my bones from hence. 26So Joseph died, being an hundred and ten years old: and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.”
** Our God is a God of FOREKNOWLEDGE!
His Will was revealed early in Joseph’s life!
Joseph cooperated to fulfill that purpose.
** Our Lord has a plan and a purpose for you and me.
Conclusion: Can we “LOVE out LOUD”? What is keeping us from this kind of LOVE? God first LOVED us!
I Love the song….
*** I was sinking deep in sin, far from the peaceful shore….very deeply stained within, seeking to rise no more. But the MASTER of the sea heard my despairing cry…and from the waters lifted me, now safe am I….Love lifted me….when nothing else could help….Love lifted me!
The “LOVE of God” through the Lord Jesus Christ can lift you up!! Jesus proved His Love (Rom 5:8; 1 John 4:10). John says it’s an “Out of this world kind of LOVE” (1 John 3:1,2). After we receive His LOVE, then we have the capacity to LOVE in return because the LOVE of God is expressed thru our hearts (Rom 5:5). Not only can we LOVE the Lord Jesus but we can LOVE each other, too (1 John 4:8-20).
Well, when will you purpose in your heart to start “LOVING out LOUD”? It’s available. Why not now?
Love y’all,
Dr. Randy Reese