Joseph's Dreams & Israel's Love

I hope that one of the reasons that you have come here this morning is because you want to learn more about God and His ways in your own life, so that you might be more useful to Him. If this is the case, then let us ask ourselves this question this morning. How did God so order things in Joseph's life, so that His purpose of grace would be fulfilled; so that Joseph would be raised up to have a good character and greatness in God's sight? God did certain things, here in the time that Joseph was a teen-ager, that would most certainly lead him to become godly and great. But when we hear of them, I think that we might be inclined to disagree, and to say that this could not possibly be the way to godliness and greatness, either one. But God providentially ordered some very significant things in Joseph's life, in relation to his family, that set the stage for what He would do for him, and for them, in later years. There are 3 things revealed to us in our text.