FAITH: Joseph

 

Then Joseph said to his brothers,

“I am about to die.  But God will surely come to your aid

and take you up out of this land to the land He promised

on oath to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.  God will surely come to your aid,

and you must carry my bones up from this place.”

Genesis 50:24-25

Joseph had relied on the Lord his God for his entire life, from slavery to the second highest position in the land of Egypt.  Joseph relied on God and the Almighty blessed him. Now he is awaiting death, and his trust is still in God.  He believes the promises made to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.  He urges his brothers to place their faith in the same place, knowing that those promises would be fulfilled.

Then he gave one more direction to his family:  When God opened up the way for them to go to the land given to them by faith, they were to take his remains with them, so that he could be buried in the land of promise.

It was by faith that Joseph, on his death-bed, spoke

of the exodus of the Israelites, and gave orders

about the disposal of his own human remains.

Hebrews 11:22