THEY TOOK MY COAT!
GOD DID NOT EXPLAIN THIS STRIPPING AWAY TO ME? THE DREAMER COMES? STRIP AWAY MY COAT…
By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com
*STRIP: often strip seems unfair, dishonest taking, to take away something, to remove all coverings, to leave bare, take off all the makeup.
Genesis 37:23 And it came to pass, when Joseph was come unto his brethren, that they stripped Joseph out of his coat, his coat of many colours that was on him;
DO WE UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A DAY DREAMER AND A DREAMER? WE NEED DREAMERS IN OUR CHURCHES AND OUR FAMILIES… THEY SA2-23Y THIS AS NEGATIVE… BUT THIS COULD BE LIFE SAVING.
Genesis 37:19 And they said one to another, Behold, this dreamer cometh.
MAYBE A BAD ATTITUDE GIVES BIRTH IN JOSEPH TO SOME BIG TROUBLE BECAUSE HE HAS A TATTLETAIL SPIRIT… HERE COMES THE DREAMER… IS GOOD… BUT A TATTLETAIL SPIRIT CAN OPEN NEGATIVE PROBLEMS… BAD ATTITUDES CAN NOT STOP GOD…
Genesis 37:2 These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brethren; and the lad was with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father's wives: and Joseph brought unto his father their evil report.
Joseph had 10 half-brothers. Joseph brought his father bad reports on his half-brothers. We may walk in a DYSFUNCTIONAL WORLD… BUT GOD STILL MOVES… EVEN WHEN HE DOES NOT EXPLAIN WHAT HE IS DOING…
I WANT YOU TO SEE THAT I HAVE THIS ELABORATELY EMBROIDERED COAT… JACOB GAVE JOSEPH A COAT OF MANY COLORS… THE COAT OF MANY COLORS WAS MUCH MORE THAN JUST A GARMENT… THE MANY COLORS PROBABLY SPOKE AS TO WHERE THE BIRTHRIGHT WOULD BE GOING…
Genesis 37:3 Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age: and he made him a coat of many colours.
This is not a regular garment. It is a ONE-OF-A-KIND GARMENT. This garment tells a story. Jacob was married to LEAH and had 10 sons… To understand the story we must know JACOB really loved RACHEL, his second wife. JACOB WORKED 14 YEARS FOR RACHEL. Joseph was Rachel’s first son.
ON JOSEPH’S 17TH BIRTHDAY HE RECEIVED A WONDERFUL BIRTHDAY PRESENT… This coat spoke of Jacob’s love for RACHEL. The coat symbolized LOVE, ASSURANCE and CONFIDENCE.
I HAVE A DREAM… I HAVE TWO DREAMS… BUT MY DREAMS NEVER REVEALED THERE IS A STRIPPING PROCESS.
Genesis 37:7 For, behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and, lo, my sheaf arose, and also stood upright; and, behold, your sheaves stood round about, and made obeisance to my sheaf.
Genesis 37:8 And his brethren said to him, Shalt thou indeed reign over us? or shalt thou indeed have dominion over us? And they hated him yet the more for his dreams, and for his words. 9 And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it his brethren, and said, Behold, I have dreamed a dream more; and, behold, the sun and the moon and the eleven stars made obeisance to me.
BE CAREFUL HOW YOU HANDLE GOD’S BLESSINGS… BEING A BIG MOUTH BRAGGART… JACOB REBUKED HIS SON…
10 And he told it to his father, and to his brethren: and his father rebuked him, and said unto him, What is this dream that thou hast dreamed? Shall I and thy mother and thy brethren indeed come to bow down ourselves to thee to the earth?
WHILE THE ENEMY’S PLAN IS TO KILL JOSEPH OR AT LEAST MAKE JOSEPH BITTER AND HURT --- GOD’S PLAN WILL TAKE THIS STRIPPING AND RELEASE THE VICTORY PLAN…
Genesis 37:20 Come now therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into some pit, and we will say, Some evil beast hath devoured him: and we shall see what will become of his dreams.
HOW MUST JOSEPH HAVE FELT WHEN HIS HALF-BROTHERS STRIPPED AWAY THE COAT OF PROMISE AND ASSURANCE?
Genesis 37:23 And it came to pass, when Joseph was come unto his brethren, that they stript Joseph out of his coat, his coat of many colours that was on him;
DAD IS THIS THE COAT OF MANY COLORS? GUESS IT IS OVER? THE DREAM IS DEAD?
Genesis 37:31 And they took Joseph's coat, and killed a kid of the goats, and dipped the coat in the blood;
32 And they sent the coat of many colours, and they brought it to their father; and said, This have we found: know now whether it be thy son's coat or no. 33 And he knew it, and said, It is my son's coat; an evil beast hath devoured him; Joseph is without doubt rent in pieces.
YOU MAY HAVE STRIPPED BY COAT… BUT YOU NEVER KILLED THE DREAM…FOR GOD IS STILL WITH JOSEPH… ACCEPT THIS? IT MAY SEEM IT IS OVER BUT THE BEST IS YET TO COME.
• Genesis 39:2 And the LORD was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian.
• Genesis 39: 3 And his master saw that the LORD was with him, and that the LORD made all that he did to prosper in his hand.
• Genesis 39:5 (a) And it came to pass from the time that he had made him overseer in his house, and over all that he had, that the LORD blessed the Egyptian's house for Joseph's sake;
• Genesis 39:5 (b)and the blessing of the LORD was upon all that he had in the house, and in the field.
• Genesis 39:21 But the LORD was with Joseph, and shewed him mercy, and gave him favour in the sight of the keeper of the prison.
THIS HAD TO HAPPEN… WHY DID THEY DO THIS TO ME? THERE ARE MANY THINGS THAT HAD TO HAPPEN? WHY DID THIS HAVE TO HAPPEN TO ME? WHY DID THEY LEAVE ME? WHY DID THEY THROW ME INTO THE PIT? WHY DID THEY SELL ME? WHY WAS I MISUNDERSTOOD… SOMETIMES GOD HAS TO ALLOW US TO GET STRIPPED OF THE COAT OF MANY COLORS TO RECEIVE THE GOLD RING AND THE COAT OF AUTHORITY… GOD ALLOWED IT HAPPEN…
GOD’S PLAN ALLOWS THE WORLD TO TAKE AWAY YOUR COAT OF MANY COLORS TO GET US INTO THE PALACE? THIS STRIPPED COAT COMMITS ME TO THE GOD PURPOSE? THIS HAD TO HAPPEN TO MAKE US TO GET UP TO THE FAITH LEVEL.
God allows some things to happen because you would have followed your own way. You may have become stagnant. THIS HAD TO HAPPEN TO MAKE YOU MOVE… GOD ALLOWED THIS TO MAKE YOU LEAVE YOUR COMFORT ZONE… GOD NEEDS TO SEPARATE YOU FROM WHAT YOU ARE SO COMMITTED TO ACCOMPLISH YOUR TO DO LIST… YOUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS… NOT HIS? YOU MUST HAVE YOUR COAT STRIPPED AWAY TO RECEIVE THE COAT OF GOD’S PLAN. So you don’t understand the pit? The camel ride? The auction block? Potiphar’s house? Potiphar’s wife? PRISON? It might take the PRISON TO GET TO THE PALACE AND GOD’S PURPOSE.
Genesis 41:41 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, See, I have set thee over all the land of Egypt. 42 And Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand, and put it upon Joseph's hand, and arrayed him in vestures of fine linen, and put a gold chain about his neck; 43 And he made him to ride in the second chariot which he had; and they cried before him, Bow the knee: and he made him ruler over all the land of Egypt.
THE DREAM WOULD HAVE NEVER BECOME REALITY UNLESS THOSE 10 MEAN HALF-BROTHERS HAD STRIPPED AWAY THE COAT OF MANY COLORS… GOD NEVER EXPLAINED THE JOURNEY TO JOSEPH… BUT GOD HAD A PLAN… THE NEW COAT WAS MUCH BETTER THAN THE OLD COAT… THE NEW COAT SAVES THE FAMILY.
Genesis 42:5 And the sons of Israel came to buy corn among those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan. 6 And Joseph was the governor over the land, and he it was that sold to all the people of the land: and Joseph's brethren came, and bowed down themselves before him with their faces to the earth. 7 And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made himself strange unto them, and spake roughly unto them; and he said unto them, Whence come ye? And they said, From the land of Canaan to buy food.
CONCLUSION: Did Abraham have to trust the third day walk up the mountain? Did Noah have to trust the plan to build the ARK? Did Elijah have to trust God when he heard the abundance of rain? Did David have to trust God’s plan when he faced Goliath? Did Peter have to trust Jesus when he climbed out of the boat? WE MAY NOT SEE THIS IS GOD’S PLAN AS THEY STRIP AWAY OUR COAT… BUT GOD!
His servant, Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com (Catch us on YouTube ---Wade Hughes)
