I wasn't dead but I WAS very sick for 3 days. Let me tell you, it was no fun! The 3 days were the flat-in-bed-kind-of-sick, but it actually took much longer than that to fully recover. Just getting back to eating, is an ordeal in itself. I was glad when my appetite returned. This really wasn't what I had in mind when I wrote that title...
Recently I was reading the story of Joseph. Although a very familiar story, that I have read many times, I was so engrossed I could hardly stop. The part that really stood out to me this time was the last part of Genesis 45. Jacob's sons had been to Egypt to buy food for the second time. After thoroughly testing them Joseph finally made himself known. Then they returned to their father and said to him, "Joseph is still alive! In fact, he is ruler of all Egypt."
Jacob did not believe them. Is it any wonder? For many, many years he thought Joseph was dead!
As I stepped into that story, I could feel the overwhelming joy that Jacob had when he realized it was true. His son, Joseph, was still alive! And he went back with his sons to Egypt. Genesis 46:29b "...As soon as Joseph appeared before him, he threw his arms around his father and wept for a long time."
I asked God what he wanted to show me in this story and He said, "What you think is dead, I will bring back to life."
What are the "dead" things in you that He wants to bring back to life?
