First Encounter
Gen 42:1-10
The brothers kneel before him. Joseph remembers the dream foretelling that all of his brothers would kneel before him. But in the dream there were 11 brothers kneeling. Something isn’t right. Something isn’t complete.
It’s a vulnerable feeling. To be identified by the leader of a powerful nation as an enemy to the state. People don’t seem to stand so close. Separation, isolation, suspicion and the foreboding sense that something is definitely not right.
What’s motivating Joseph? He has hidden himself from his closest relations. A strange thought. Why doesn’t he just blurt out, “It’s me; your brother Joseph!”? That’s what I would do.
It’s a little hard to believe that there is sometimes wisdom in non-disclosure. Something profound in what is not obvious.
I pray Jesus come – but my eyes have yet to see him.
Closer than a brother, He is standing right beside.
There is a wisdom in non-disclosure.
