WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.800 --> 00:00:04.879 You're listening to The Bible Guys, a podcast where a couple of friends talk 2 00:00:04.919 --> 00:00:12.359 about the Bible in fun, in practical ways. Well, welcome back to 3 00:00:12.400 --> 00:00:18.559 another episode of The Bible Guys. I'm Jeff Forster and my guest co host 4 00:00:18.719 --> 00:00:24.839 is the dazzling Wesley Woods and he's with me today. So welcome Wesley. 5 00:00:24.879 --> 00:00:27.839 He's welcome back to the studio. Man, this has been great. Chris 6 00:00:27.879 --> 00:00:32.479 Sarbaugh is our regular co host, and he's out of town shooting some video. 7 00:00:33.000 --> 00:00:38.359 We're getting ready to take on a partner that fights against human trafficking and 8 00:00:38.719 --> 00:00:42.799 so he's doing some video work on that right now. And so here you 9 00:00:42.840 --> 00:00:47.079 are, the dazzling Wesley Woods. Yeah, it gets better and better and 10 00:00:47.079 --> 00:00:51.159 better. Yes. I love the big adjectives. Yeah. So, Wesley, 11 00:00:51.719 --> 00:00:56.039 Chris and I have a very strong commitment to our listeners to bring only 12 00:00:56.079 --> 00:01:00.759 the finest news, yes, and the most compelling investigative journalism that we can 13 00:01:00.759 --> 00:01:04.040 find. Yep. And so what we found is we think the most trustworthy 14 00:01:04.079 --> 00:01:10.120 news source on all of the Internet is the Babylon b. Yeah. If 15 00:01:10.159 --> 00:01:15.879 you don't know, the Babylon b is a satire website. And so I'm 16 00:01:15.920 --> 00:01:19.120 gonna you have the radio voice, so I'm gonna let you do do this 17 00:01:19.200 --> 00:01:26.159 next news segment for listeners. So the title of this is study finds one 18 00:01:26.239 --> 00:01:30.840 hundred percent of men cooking on grill just kind of moving meat around and hoping 19 00:01:30.879 --> 00:01:37.560 for the best. It's hilarious, it says. With summer barbecue season about 20 00:01:37.560 --> 00:01:41.239 to heat up, a new study has found that are remarkable one hundred percent 21 00:01:41.560 --> 00:01:45.680 of men cooking on a grill. We're kind of moving meat around and hoping 22 00:01:45.719 --> 00:01:51.640 for the best. The new findings confirmed what many experts have long suspected, 23 00:01:52.120 --> 00:01:57.560 meaning hundreds of millions of men wearing grill master aprons have been flying by the 24 00:01:57.599 --> 00:02:02.519 seats of their cargo pants all along. It turns out all these guys are 25 00:02:02.560 --> 00:02:08.000 just out there winging it, said Professor thursting Thurston Billingsley, who led the 26 00:02:08.039 --> 00:02:14.080 research team. Though men often talk a bit game about knowing all there is 27 00:02:14.120 --> 00:02:17.759 to know about grilling meat, they are in reality just poking at sausages and 28 00:02:17.759 --> 00:02:25.319 flipping pieces of meat haphazardly without knowing the outcome whatsoever. When reach for comment 29 00:02:25.400 --> 00:02:30.719 on the study results, one man came clean, Yes, yes, it's 30 00:02:30.759 --> 00:02:35.840 true. God forgive me, it's true, and self profess grilling officionado, 31 00:02:36.240 --> 00:02:39.319 Scottie Moon, I have no clue what I'm doing. I'm just out there 32 00:02:39.360 --> 00:02:44.000 shoving meat around to different areas on the grill and hoping for the best. 33 00:02:44.439 --> 00:02:47.280 I can do everything exactly like I did the last time, but it never 34 00:02:47.360 --> 00:02:52.120 turns out the same way twice in a row. Why is that why? 35 00:02:52.960 --> 00:02:58.520 The story also confirmed that all men purchase as many grilling tools and accessories as 36 00:02:58.560 --> 00:03:04.400 possible in order to maintain they At publishing time, the research team was preparing 37 00:03:04.439 --> 00:03:07.800 to move on to its next study, which would determine what percentage of men 38 00:03:08.120 --> 00:03:15.479 had no idea how a toilet actually worked or how to fix one. Okay, 39 00:03:15.520 --> 00:03:16.919 good, well, hey, that hits a little too close to home 40 00:03:17.000 --> 00:03:22.719 today, so let's just move on. Yes, okay, so are you 41 00:03:22.759 --> 00:03:24.439 a thriller? Do you like to grill? I'm not a big griller. 42 00:03:24.479 --> 00:03:28.560 I like the things that are on the grill, but I'm not a big 43 00:03:28.599 --> 00:03:32.039 griller. I love to grill. It's one of my favorite things. And 44 00:03:32.360 --> 00:03:37.960 uh yeah, I do think a lot of men also doing his movie over 45 00:03:38.039 --> 00:03:43.000 here love it over there. Yep, that's funny. So yeah, well, 46 00:03:43.800 --> 00:03:46.599 poor Scotti. I felt bad for him. He got exposed right there 47 00:03:46.000 --> 00:03:50.639 in the article. But as it turns out, they're just winging it by 48 00:03:50.759 --> 00:03:53.240 with the cargo pants, right, isn't that what they said? That's what 49 00:03:53.360 --> 00:03:58.360 got me. They're flying by the season the cargo pants. Oh man, 50 00:03:58.439 --> 00:04:01.080 that's good. All right, Hey, I think over the weekend, I'm 51 00:04:01.080 --> 00:04:04.759 gonna do some tacos. I'm gonna make some tacos. I like to be 52 00:04:04.800 --> 00:04:08.400 good. I like to grill for the start for the staff, right, 53 00:04:08.800 --> 00:04:13.400 So usually we'll have forty fifty people show up for a staff meeting like that, 54 00:04:13.520 --> 00:04:15.720 and I like to grill. So I think here in the next few 55 00:04:15.759 --> 00:04:18.680 weeks, we're gonna be grilling for the whole staff. Good. So I 56 00:04:18.720 --> 00:04:23.120 always like to try to test the thing at home before I scale it up 57 00:04:23.160 --> 00:04:27.600 for you. Once you did the different was it sausages or yeah, we 58 00:04:27.600 --> 00:04:30.439 did sausages and hot dogs, or we did all the different stations and they 59 00:04:30.879 --> 00:04:33.199 different hot dogs. Yeah yeah, yeah, those were grill it's too high 60 00:04:33.199 --> 00:04:36.680 class, yeah yeah, very high class. Yeah. But I like to 61 00:04:36.720 --> 00:04:42.160 smoke meat. And I made some venison sausages from a deer a deer at 62 00:04:42.160 --> 00:04:46.639 harvested a while back, and smoked them on the smoker and yeah, I 63 00:04:46.680 --> 00:04:47.920 like all this. I love to throw a good steak on the fire. 64 00:04:48.040 --> 00:04:53.120 I love to to grill things, you know, unique, weird things on 65 00:04:53.160 --> 00:04:56.160 the grill. So it's it's just I love it. Okay. So here's 66 00:04:56.199 --> 00:04:59.680 the question, though, how do you like your meat cooked? Do you 67 00:04:59.800 --> 00:05:04.120 like it rare, medium, well, burnt? Yeah? It depends on 68 00:05:04.120 --> 00:05:06.959 what it is, and it depends on where I'm at. If I'm in 69 00:05:08.000 --> 00:05:10.639 the US, I don't mind it being a little on the rare side. 70 00:05:10.959 --> 00:05:13.680 If I'm overseas, I want it cook to a brick. Yeah. I 71 00:05:13.720 --> 00:05:16.319 think when we were in Africa, I told them to cook everything. Well, 72 00:05:16.360 --> 00:05:18.839 you can take that bread, throw the bread on the grill, cook 73 00:05:18.959 --> 00:05:23.439 everything well. Yeah, so I eat street food, all those things all 74 00:05:23.480 --> 00:05:26.160 over the world. As long as I can watch them cooking it, I'm 75 00:05:26.160 --> 00:05:30.000 fine. But you were with me the only time I've ever gotten sick from 76 00:05:30.040 --> 00:05:35.920 eating meat overseas. While we were overseas, man, I got so sick 77 00:05:36.040 --> 00:05:40.160 on that trip. But you said medium, if I remember, I did. 78 00:05:39.879 --> 00:05:44.240 I did. I don't think that translated like medium. Well, so 79 00:05:44.480 --> 00:05:47.480 we were in the embassy area and then the guy we were with said, 80 00:05:47.480 --> 00:05:50.000 oh, don't worry about it. They cooked just like Americans. You know, 81 00:05:50.079 --> 00:05:55.120 this is everything, everything's made just for just for the American area. 82 00:05:55.160 --> 00:05:57.240 I was like, okay, well then I just figured it was gonna be 83 00:05:57.279 --> 00:06:02.879 safe, and it was not. But I was I was so sick. 84 00:06:03.720 --> 00:06:10.800 I was going for both volume and accuracy. I mean, I can attest 85 00:06:10.800 --> 00:06:15.360 to that it was rough. Okay, well, anyways, we should move 86 00:06:15.360 --> 00:06:19.360 on. That was a low point in the whole show. Here. So 87 00:06:20.279 --> 00:06:25.879 Joseph is God is blessing him. The Bible says God was with Joseph and 88 00:06:25.920 --> 00:06:31.560 everything that he did. But then Potiphar's wife comes after him and she makes 89 00:06:31.600 --> 00:06:34.600 a move, and then she accuses him of making a move on her, 90 00:06:35.040 --> 00:06:40.839 and Potiphar gets mad throws Joseph in prison. Then while Joseph is in prison, 91 00:06:40.959 --> 00:06:43.879 God is with him in prison. He's working hard, he's serving the 92 00:06:43.879 --> 00:06:46.600 Lord, he's serving people, and he keeps being elevated. Finally he's over 93 00:06:46.680 --> 00:06:51.600 the whole prison, all the prisoners. And during that time, the King's 94 00:06:51.920 --> 00:06:59.959 cup bearer andare Pharaoh's cupbear, and Pharaoh I know you get drink, drink 95 00:07:00.040 --> 00:07:04.160 and eat all day long and the chief baker both get thrown in prison. 96 00:07:04.600 --> 00:07:09.639 I don't know what the baker made that was bad. But he's right, 97 00:07:10.160 --> 00:07:15.000 these cookies are horrible. So they send these two guys. Well, while 98 00:07:15.000 --> 00:07:19.839 they're there, both of these guys have dreams and they come to Joseph, 99 00:07:19.920 --> 00:07:23.720 and Joseph said, well, maybe maybe the Lord can help me, you 100 00:07:23.759 --> 00:07:26.600 know, understand your dream and he explains the meaning of the dreams. One 101 00:07:26.639 --> 00:07:28.480 of them is going to live, one of them is going to die. 102 00:07:28.920 --> 00:07:34.920 Sure enough, the Pharaoh executes the one guy, the baker, and the 103 00:07:35.000 --> 00:07:40.680 pharaoh's chief cupbearer he would store, is restored. And so Joseph, as 104 00:07:40.720 --> 00:07:44.079 this guy is being restored back and he's leaving the prison, Justph said hey, 105 00:07:44.240 --> 00:07:48.079 if you can help me out right, could you tell Pharaoh? You 106 00:07:48.120 --> 00:07:54.600 know, because these people would stay in prison for sometimes years. So a 107 00:07:54.639 --> 00:07:59.759 prisoner in Egypt was guilty until proven innocent, and then there was no right 108 00:07:59.839 --> 00:08:03.160 to speedy trial. It was just at the whim of the rulers. And 109 00:08:03.240 --> 00:08:07.360 so you could be in there for years or maybe never get a trial because 110 00:08:07.399 --> 00:08:11.160 you were guilty because you were accused. And so Joseph is trying to appeal 111 00:08:11.199 --> 00:08:15.360 to somebody who maybe has the ear of Pharaoh to say, hey, if 112 00:08:15.360 --> 00:08:18.040 you could help a brother out. Yeah, great, So now here we 113 00:08:18.079 --> 00:08:22.920 are in Genesis chapter forty one, So we're gonna skip forty because it just 114 00:08:22.920 --> 00:08:26.399 tells the story of him interpreting the dreams, and we'll pick up with verse 115 00:08:26.399 --> 00:08:28.759 forty one after he asks the cup bearer, hey, could you help me 116 00:08:28.800 --> 00:08:33.320 out? The Bible says two full years later, Pharaoh dreamed that he was 117 00:08:33.360 --> 00:08:35.039 standing on the bank of the Nile River. In his dream, he saw 118 00:08:35.080 --> 00:08:39.799 seven fat, healthy cows come up out of the river began grazing in the 119 00:08:39.840 --> 00:08:45.159 marsh grass. Then he saw seven more cows come up behind them from the 120 00:08:45.240 --> 00:08:48.919 Nile, but these were scrawny and thin, and these cows stood beside the 121 00:08:48.919 --> 00:08:52.720 fat cows on the river bank. Then the scrawnye thin cows ate the seven 122 00:08:52.759 --> 00:08:54.840 healthy, fat cows. At this point in the dream, Pharaoh woke up, 123 00:08:56.720 --> 00:08:58.879 but he fell asleep again and had a second dream. This time he 124 00:08:58.919 --> 00:09:01.600 saw seven heads of grain, plump and beautiful, growing on a single stalk. 125 00:09:01.919 --> 00:09:05.919 Then seven more heads of grain appeared, but these were shriveled and withered 126 00:09:05.919 --> 00:09:09.639 by the east wind, and these thin heads swallowed up the seven plump, 127 00:09:09.720 --> 00:09:13.120 well formed heads. Then Pharaoh woke up again and realized it was a dream. 128 00:09:13.480 --> 00:09:16.240 The next morning, Pharaoh was very disturbed by the dreams, so he 129 00:09:16.279 --> 00:09:18.759 called for all the magicians and wise men of Egypt. When Pharaoh told them 130 00:09:18.759 --> 00:09:22.720 his dreams, none of them could tell him what they meant. Finally, 131 00:09:22.720 --> 00:09:26.360 the king's chief cupbearer spoke up. Today, I've been reminded of my failure, 132 00:09:26.399 --> 00:09:28.720 he told Pharaoh. Some time ago, you were angry with the Chief 133 00:09:28.720 --> 00:09:33.559 Baker and me, and you imprisoned us in the place in the palace of 134 00:09:33.639 --> 00:09:35.399 the Captain of the Guard. One night, the chief Baker and I had 135 00:09:35.399 --> 00:09:39.320 a dream, and each dream had its own meaning. And there was a 136 00:09:39.360 --> 00:09:41.240 young Hebrew man with us in the prison who was a slave of the Captain 137 00:09:41.240 --> 00:09:43.919 of the Guard. We told him our dreams, and he told us what 138 00:09:45.000 --> 00:09:48.639 each of our dreams meant. And everything happened just as he predicted. I 139 00:09:48.679 --> 00:09:52.279 was restored to my position as cupbear. The Chief Baker was executed and paled 140 00:09:52.320 --> 00:09:54.960 on a pole. Pharaoh sent for Joseph at once, and he was quickly 141 00:09:54.960 --> 00:09:58.120 brought from the prison. After he shaved and changed his clothes, he went 142 00:09:58.120 --> 00:10:01.240 in and stood before fear Pharaoh. Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, I had 143 00:10:01.240 --> 00:10:03.639 a dream last night no one here can tell me what it means. But 144 00:10:03.679 --> 00:10:07.440 I've heard that when you hear about a dream, you can interpret it. 145 00:10:07.440 --> 00:10:11.240 It is but beyond my power to do this, Joseph replied, But God 146 00:10:11.320 --> 00:10:13.919 can tell you what it means and set you at ease. And so Pharaoh 147 00:10:15.080 --> 00:10:18.720 told Joseph his dream. We can skip that because I just told you seven 148 00:10:18.720 --> 00:10:22.799 cows, eight seven cows, and seven heads of grain eight seven heads of 149 00:10:22.840 --> 00:10:26.679 grain. And so when he comes down to the end, he says, 150 00:10:26.639 --> 00:10:30.879 I told these dreams to the magicians, but no one could tell me what 151 00:10:30.919 --> 00:10:33.559 they mean, as verse twenty four. So then in twenty five, Joseph 152 00:10:33.559 --> 00:10:39.120 responded, both of Pharaoh's dreams mean the same thing. God is telling Pharaoh 153 00:10:39.120 --> 00:10:41.720 in advance what he's about to do. The seven healthy cows and the seven 154 00:10:41.799 --> 00:10:48.000 healthy heads of grain both represent seven years of prosperity. The seventh thin scrawny 155 00:10:48.039 --> 00:10:50.240 cows that came up later, and the seven thin heads of grain, which 156 00:10:50.279 --> 00:10:54.759 withered by the east wind, represents seven years of famine. This will happen 157 00:10:54.879 --> 00:10:58.919 just as I've described it, for God has revealed to Pharaoh in advance what 158 00:10:58.960 --> 00:11:03.840 he's about to do the next seven years will be a period of great prosperity 159 00:11:03.879 --> 00:11:07.279 throughout the land of Egypt. But afterward there will be seven years of famine, 160 00:11:07.320 --> 00:11:11.279 so great that all the prosperity will be forgotten in Egypt. Famine will 161 00:11:11.320 --> 00:11:15.279 destroy the land. This famine will be so severe that even the memory of 162 00:11:15.279 --> 00:11:18.600 the good years will be erased. As for having two similar dreams, it 163 00:11:18.600 --> 00:11:20.840 means that these events have been decreed by God, and He will soon make 164 00:11:20.879 --> 00:11:24.759 them happen. Therefore, Pharaoh should find an intelligent and wise man and put 165 00:11:24.799 --> 00:11:28.480 him in charge of the entire land of Egypt. Then Pharaoh should appoint supervisors 166 00:11:28.480 --> 00:11:31.559 over the land and let them collect one fifth of all the crops during the 167 00:11:31.559 --> 00:11:35.840 seven good years. Have them gather all the food produced in the good years 168 00:11:35.840 --> 00:11:39.320 that are just ahead, and bring it to Pharaoh's storehouse stored away, and 169 00:11:39.360 --> 00:11:41.240 guard it so there will be food in the cities. That way, there 170 00:11:41.240 --> 00:11:45.360 will be enough to eat when the seven years of famine come to the land 171 00:11:45.399 --> 00:11:50.840 of Egypt. Otherwise this famine will destroy the land. How far are we 172 00:11:50.840 --> 00:11:54.039 supposed to read here, Let's think to forty five. Forty five. So 173 00:11:54.200 --> 00:11:58.960 Joseph's suggestions were well received by Pharaoh, and as an officials so Pharaoh asked 174 00:11:58.000 --> 00:12:01.559 his officials, can we find anyone else like this man, so obviously filled 175 00:12:01.559 --> 00:12:05.840 with the spirit of God. Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, since God has 176 00:12:05.879 --> 00:12:09.919 revealed the meaning of the dreams to you clearly, no one is as intelligent 177 00:12:09.080 --> 00:12:11.960 or as wise as you are. You will be in charge of my court, 178 00:12:11.960 --> 00:12:15.919 and all my people will take orders from you. Only I, sitting 179 00:12:16.000 --> 00:12:18.200 on my throne, will have a rank higher than yours. Pharaoh said to 180 00:12:18.279 --> 00:12:22.120 Joseph, I hereby put you in charge of the entire land of Egypt. 181 00:12:22.440 --> 00:12:26.600 And then Pharaoh removed this signet ring from his hand and placed it on Joseph's 182 00:12:26.639 --> 00:12:30.519 finger. He dressed him in fine linen clothing and hung a gold chain around 183 00:12:30.559 --> 00:12:33.000 his neck. And then he had Joseph ride in the chariot reserved for his 184 00:12:33.039 --> 00:12:37.879 second in command. And wherever Joseph went, the command was shouted, kneel 185 00:12:37.919 --> 00:12:41.600 down. So Pharaoh put Joseph in charge of all of Egypt. And Pharaoh 186 00:12:41.639 --> 00:12:45.240 said to him, I am Pharaoh, but no one will lift a hand 187 00:12:45.279 --> 00:12:50.759 or foot in the entire land of Egypt without your approval. And then I'll 188 00:12:50.799 --> 00:12:52.919 read verse forty six too, or forty five. It says then Pharaoh gave 189 00:12:54.000 --> 00:12:58.080 Joseph a new Egyptian name, zaphanath Pania. He also gave him a wife 190 00:12:58.120 --> 00:13:03.200 whose name was asked, and she was the daughter of Potipharah, the priest 191 00:13:03.200 --> 00:13:05.519 of Ann. So Joseph took charge of the entire land of Egypt. He 192 00:13:05.639 --> 00:13:11.440 was thirty years old. Wow, isn't that's something that's pretty good. Yeah. 193 00:13:11.840 --> 00:13:15.519 One of the first things that jumps out to me here is in verse 194 00:13:15.600 --> 00:13:18.600 eight, where it says the next morning, Pharaoh was very disturbed by the 195 00:13:18.720 --> 00:13:24.320 dreams, so he called for all the magicians and wise men of Egypt. 196 00:13:24.000 --> 00:13:30.639 And the first thought that popped into my mind was, be very careful of 197 00:13:31.519 --> 00:13:37.039 who you get your information from. Be very careful of who you consult for 198 00:13:37.159 --> 00:13:41.200 advice. I think that's really important. So instead of going to a godly 199 00:13:41.279 --> 00:13:48.840 person, he went the magician route and to try to seek information that route 200 00:13:48.000 --> 00:13:52.039 instead of going to Joseph. So eventually he did go to Joseph, but 201 00:13:52.360 --> 00:13:56.720 his initial response was to gather the magicians and the other people. So I 202 00:13:56.720 --> 00:14:01.799 think of that in our own personal life. Be very careful of who you 203 00:14:01.919 --> 00:14:07.480 consult for direction and guidance in your life. Make sure they're a godly person. 204 00:14:07.600 --> 00:14:11.480 Make sure they're following God's word. Make sure they are giving you advice 205 00:14:11.519 --> 00:14:16.120 that lines up with God's word as opposed to just some random information, right 206 00:14:16.399 --> 00:14:20.759 right, the kind of advisors we have. The Bible says that there's wisdom 207 00:14:20.759 --> 00:14:24.879 and a multitude of counselors, but you have to have wise counselors in order 208 00:14:24.879 --> 00:14:26.919 to get wisdom from them. Yeah, and so in this situation, Pharaoh 209 00:14:28.039 --> 00:14:33.720 kind of his magicians were exposed as frauds in this moment because they couldn't actually 210 00:14:33.000 --> 00:14:37.440 actually understand a message from a real message from God. So here's the question, 211 00:14:37.519 --> 00:14:41.759 Jeff, So there's someone listening to us right now, and they're going 212 00:14:41.799 --> 00:14:50.759 through something. Should they consult their friend, who is maybe knows no more 213 00:14:50.799 --> 00:14:54.840 than they know, but who's a good friend with them? Should they consult 214 00:14:54.919 --> 00:15:01.039 that friend for advice and guidance and direction. And that friend is at the 215 00:15:01.159 --> 00:15:05.559 same level, Let's say their friend is like almost like a clone of them, 216 00:15:05.639 --> 00:15:09.039 so to speak. Well, if you're asking for restaurant suggestions, yeah, 217 00:15:09.279 --> 00:15:13.240 you know, or hey, the does do these clothes look nice? 218 00:15:13.360 --> 00:15:16.080 Or what kind of car should I get? Sure? Yeah, But if 219 00:15:16.080 --> 00:15:22.879 you're trying to make life license decisions. You know, don't ask your unless 220 00:15:22.879 --> 00:15:26.080 your friend is a tax expert. Don't ask your friend advice on taxi. 221 00:15:26.519 --> 00:15:30.559 Go find a tax expert. But everybody knows a tax idea. Yeah, 222 00:15:30.919 --> 00:15:35.519 everybody's got their favorite tax guy on on TikTok right now, right, So 223 00:15:35.639 --> 00:15:39.080 did you I just read a thing in a Wall Street journal there's a huge 224 00:15:39.080 --> 00:15:46.039 crackdown on a very specific tax solution that was very very popular on TikTok and 225 00:15:46.080 --> 00:15:50.960 Instagram this last year that it turns out everything being said about it was not 226 00:15:50.000 --> 00:15:54.559 true. It didn't apply to everybody. But I guess there's been tens of 227 00:15:54.600 --> 00:15:56.799 thousands of people that tried to take advantage of thing. None of them got 228 00:15:56.919 --> 00:16:02.679 expert advice. It was only from the uh from from the TikTok and Instagram 229 00:16:02.759 --> 00:16:06.639 do not make life decisions. Well, it's going it's gonna cost people thousands 230 00:16:06.639 --> 00:16:08.120 of dollars social media in general, right, there's going to be all these 231 00:16:08.120 --> 00:16:11.799 finds as a result of it, and the Wall Street dreams talking about there's 232 00:16:11.799 --> 00:16:15.879 a crackdown right now on it. And so one of the taxi tax guys 233 00:16:15.879 --> 00:16:18.559 from there I asked to say and don't do that is not true, right, 234 00:16:19.799 --> 00:16:23.240 most of you don't qualify for that idea, so be careful where you 235 00:16:23.240 --> 00:16:27.679 get your info from. Yeah. So, so you need a to be 236 00:16:27.720 --> 00:16:33.200 surrounded by experts in different fields. You need a good doctor, right, 237 00:16:33.320 --> 00:16:37.399 YEA a general practitioner that has access to good experts. You need a good 238 00:16:37.840 --> 00:16:41.840 uh legal person that you can lean on. You need all these things. 239 00:16:41.919 --> 00:16:45.799 I was just recently talking to a young business owner and he's growing in his 240 00:16:45.879 --> 00:16:49.879 business and I say, hey, I'm a pastor, I'm not a business 241 00:16:49.879 --> 00:16:53.039 guy. That's some ideas, But the smartest thing you can do is go 242 00:16:53.120 --> 00:16:57.639 find a business coach that that is successful. Not a business coach who's certified. 243 00:16:57.799 --> 00:17:02.600 Yeah, go find the business coach who's been successful, somebody's done it. 244 00:17:02.919 --> 00:17:04.640 And then you go and figure out what's the playbook to be successful. 245 00:17:04.920 --> 00:17:08.920 And then you need a good attorney. You need a good marketing person. 246 00:17:10.079 --> 00:17:12.480 Right, have finances. If you're not strong in finances, go go find 247 00:17:12.480 --> 00:17:17.920 somebody's really good at setting up business finances. And I think it's the same 248 00:17:17.920 --> 00:17:21.039 thing in our marriages. A lot of times we need a good coach. 249 00:17:21.559 --> 00:17:25.559 And the worst person to go to for marriage advices one has been divorced three 250 00:17:25.559 --> 00:17:29.519 times, right, go to somebody who's been able to find a way to 251 00:17:29.599 --> 00:17:33.519 navigate the difficulties of marriage for forty years and get advice from you know, 252 00:17:33.519 --> 00:17:37.039 what did you do? Right? It seems so basic, But oftentimes we 253 00:17:37.119 --> 00:17:41.839 don't do that. We'll go and we'll find a person who's been you know, 254 00:17:41.960 --> 00:17:45.319 divorced three four times, and so what would you do in this situation? 255 00:17:45.519 --> 00:17:49.519 Yeah, you know, get advice about raising kids, not from your 256 00:17:49.559 --> 00:17:53.119 peers. Get advice from raising kids from somebody who raised kids like you want 257 00:17:53.119 --> 00:17:59.079 your kids to beat. Yeah, right, And it's just it's silly. 258 00:17:59.599 --> 00:18:03.240 It doesn't seem like we would make those mistakes, but we do, and 259 00:18:03.319 --> 00:18:06.720 especially now in the age of social media. Yeah and friendship. Yeah, 260 00:18:06.759 --> 00:18:10.119 because of the friendship. Yeah, I know they probably don't have the best 261 00:18:10.160 --> 00:18:12.480 advice, but I'll listen to him and I'll go that way. And it's 262 00:18:12.480 --> 00:18:17.759 like, no, that's that's not sound advice, right. Asking hey ladies, 263 00:18:17.799 --> 00:18:21.880 what stroller works the best is different than saying, hey, friends, 264 00:18:22.279 --> 00:18:26.759 I'm having this issue with my child's behavior right now, and most of your 265 00:18:26.759 --> 00:18:29.000 friends haven't seen it. They just have an opinion about it. Yeah, 266 00:18:29.079 --> 00:18:32.359 right, they've never experienced it. But to go find a parent who's had 267 00:18:32.440 --> 00:18:36.200 several kids and they turned out well, you go and ask those as from 268 00:18:36.240 --> 00:18:41.599 there, So having wise counselor is important. Then the other thing is sometimes 269 00:18:41.640 --> 00:18:44.759 we feel like we're forgotten. I think that's another thing you pick up here. 270 00:18:45.119 --> 00:18:47.720 This guy, you know, Joseph was willing to help him out, 271 00:18:48.440 --> 00:18:52.000 and the guy just forgot about him for two years. It speaks about Joseph's 272 00:18:52.079 --> 00:18:56.599 character. You know, God tends to bless people who are choosing to make 273 00:18:56.640 --> 00:18:59.640 good choices in the good times and the bad times. Not everything is a 274 00:18:59.640 --> 00:19:03.200 mountain moment, right, And so Joseph decided, I care about the people 275 00:19:03.240 --> 00:19:07.000 around me. So he's the servant of the head of the prison. These 276 00:19:07.039 --> 00:19:11.400 two guys come in, they're concerned. Joseph says, hey, let me 277 00:19:11.400 --> 00:19:14.319 help you out. Sometimes God gives the meaning of dreams, and so I 278 00:19:14.400 --> 00:19:17.400 help you. And he was just willing to help, and he was hoping 279 00:19:17.440 --> 00:19:19.880 that maybe they could help him, but he didn't know for sure, and 280 00:19:19.920 --> 00:19:26.039 it took a long time before that paid off. But investing in people is 281 00:19:26.119 --> 00:19:30.799 a great strategy for your future and for where you're going. Usually it's not 282 00:19:30.839 --> 00:19:33.759 about what you know, it's about who you know, and so investing in 283 00:19:33.759 --> 00:19:37.559 those relationships, I think it's really important. And sure enough, two years 284 00:19:37.640 --> 00:19:41.000 later, this guy did remember Joseph, and I think there was a life 285 00:19:41.079 --> 00:19:45.680 lesson in the fact that Joseph was steadfast. He kept doing what he needed 286 00:19:45.720 --> 00:19:49.759 to do over and over, even when he saw no progress. You know, 287 00:19:49.799 --> 00:19:52.599 there was no forward momentum. No one was saying, Hey, next 288 00:19:52.640 --> 00:19:56.559 week you're gonna get out, Hey next month, you're gonna He just kept 289 00:19:56.559 --> 00:20:00.160 doing what he was supposed to do. I think about that in terms of 290 00:20:00.400 --> 00:20:04.000 weight loss. Now, you got to keep doing the same thing. And 291 00:20:04.039 --> 00:20:07.720 it may be boring, but you got to keep doing the same thing. 292 00:20:07.839 --> 00:20:10.279 You may not like the way the food taste, but you got to keep 293 00:20:10.279 --> 00:20:12.640 doing the same thing if you want to see results, that's right, Or 294 00:20:12.799 --> 00:20:19.200 just keeping taking the same shot every week. Yeah, but yeah, So 295 00:20:21.200 --> 00:20:23.359 here you go. You have this guy that's just steady and faithful. And 296 00:20:23.400 --> 00:20:29.680 then he points out to Pharaoh that God had said Pharaoh, which is extraordinary. 297 00:20:29.680 --> 00:20:33.880 Pharaoh's not a godly man. Pharaoh doesn't even acknowledge God. But God 298 00:20:33.920 --> 00:20:37.400 decided to warn Pharaoh, Hey, a famine's coming. You're gonna have seven 299 00:20:37.480 --> 00:20:41.279 really good years. And then you're gonna have seven really bad years to prepare. 300 00:20:41.720 --> 00:20:45.799 And so in this instance, Joseph's suggestion was save twenty percent. Yep, 301 00:20:45.880 --> 00:20:49.319 save twenty percent of what you're producing storehouse, and you will be ready 302 00:20:49.359 --> 00:20:53.480 to protect yourself for seven years. If you save twenty percent of what you 303 00:20:53.640 --> 00:20:59.000 produce in the first seven years, you'll have plenty in the next seven years. 304 00:20:59.160 --> 00:21:02.200 There's wisdom in that, right, preparing for the future and saving for 305 00:21:02.240 --> 00:21:06.279 the future and those things, and so hey, he was putting away twenty 306 00:21:06.279 --> 00:21:10.359 percent. That meant that they weren't able to consume everything they wanted. Yeah, 307 00:21:10.480 --> 00:21:15.039 right, they had to plan and discipline there. Yeah, and it's 308 00:21:15.160 --> 00:21:19.680 very important to have discipline, especially in time, in trying times, you 309 00:21:19.720 --> 00:21:23.640 know, when things aren't going well for some reason. And you reference this 310 00:21:25.200 --> 00:21:30.640 earlier. As Christians, we often think that Christianity is going to be twulps 311 00:21:30.640 --> 00:21:37.640 and rainbows and mountaintop experiences every single day, unicorns and kittles. Yeah, 312 00:21:37.680 --> 00:21:41.079 I don't know what version of Christianity that is, but I haven't seen that. 313 00:21:41.480 --> 00:21:44.519 So if you know where to find it, let me know. That's 314 00:21:44.559 --> 00:21:47.079 not real life. Yeah, that's not real life. There will be some 315 00:21:47.240 --> 00:21:49.599 valleys, but God will be with you in the valley. That's how this 316 00:21:49.640 --> 00:21:53.079 works. And so what God did is God provides ahead of time. A 317 00:21:53.119 --> 00:21:56.519 lot of times we find ourselves in a crisis and we blame God that we 318 00:21:56.559 --> 00:22:00.279 don't have what it takes to get through. And God's like, I gave 319 00:22:00.279 --> 00:22:02.240 it to you a couple of years ago. You just weren't ready for it, 320 00:22:02.400 --> 00:22:04.559 right, You didn't keep it. You didn't prepare for for the future 321 00:22:04.559 --> 00:22:10.839 problems. And so we're always shocked by problems as opposed to preparing for those 322 00:22:10.920 --> 00:22:14.200 tough days, preparing ahead a little bit. And it's not that we need 323 00:22:14.200 --> 00:22:17.400 to be in fear all the time. You don't have to be fearful if 324 00:22:17.440 --> 00:22:22.039 you're prepared. And so having a preparation here there's some wisdom in that. 325 00:22:22.079 --> 00:22:27.960 And then here you go the leadership that he learned in Potiphar's house, yep, 326 00:22:29.480 --> 00:22:34.240 the leadership and the servant kind of mentality of serving others in the prison. 327 00:22:34.839 --> 00:22:38.519 God used those as boot camp to prepare him to become the second in 328 00:22:38.559 --> 00:22:42.200 command of all of the most powerful empire in the history of the world up 329 00:22:42.240 --> 00:22:45.759 to that point. Right. And so if we can look at the struggles 330 00:22:45.759 --> 00:22:48.839 and the difficulties that maybe you're in a tough time right now in your life. 331 00:22:49.920 --> 00:22:53.400 If you can think of those things as maybe boot camp for what God's 332 00:22:53.480 --> 00:22:57.720 really preparing you for. Just understand each of those was a short season. 333 00:22:57.960 --> 00:23:02.279 It just took a few years. But man, when something lasts three or 334 00:23:02.279 --> 00:23:03.799 four or five years, it seems like it's forever. I feel like it's 335 00:23:03.839 --> 00:23:08.480 an eternity. So a lot of historians and a lot of theologians believe maybe 336 00:23:08.559 --> 00:23:12.440 Joseph was about fifteen when he gets sold away, and now here he is 337 00:23:12.480 --> 00:23:15.839 fifteen years later, thirty when he's you know, being promoted. You gotta 338 00:23:15.839 --> 00:23:18.759 remember back then they didn't live very long, a lot of them, so 339 00:23:18.200 --> 00:23:23.519 you know, thirty would be a normal adult beginning to things. And Joseph 340 00:23:23.640 --> 00:23:26.720 had this fifteen year window of preparation. If you can look at it, 341 00:23:26.759 --> 00:23:30.400 preparation's worth it. Just allow whatever it is that God's doing in your life 342 00:23:30.400 --> 00:23:34.519 to be preparation for the thing He's going to do next. And God raised 343 00:23:34.599 --> 00:23:37.440 Joseph up at the right time. I heard a preacher a long time ago 344 00:23:38.039 --> 00:23:42.400 call this. It was a sermon from the pit to the palace. Oh 345 00:23:42.480 --> 00:23:47.200 yeah, pit to the prison to the palace. Whatever. Yeah, yeah, 346 00:23:47.240 --> 00:23:48.559 yeah, yeah, that's great. So there you go, and then 347 00:23:48.640 --> 00:23:55.119 Joseph is elevated and he does rescue all of Egypt as a result of the 348 00:23:55.160 --> 00:23:57.480 wisdom that God gave during that time. But I love the fact that lastly 349 00:23:57.559 --> 00:24:02.319 Joseph didn't take credit. Joseph said, I can't do this, but maybe 350 00:24:02.319 --> 00:24:04.720 God will do this through me, and he'll speak to you. And so 351 00:24:04.759 --> 00:24:07.200 we got to always be giving God the credit for what he's doing in our 352 00:24:07.240 --> 00:24:11.000 life. Yeah, because it's not us. That's right. Well, hey, 353 00:24:11.519 --> 00:24:12.960 I think that's a great place to wrap up because we're going to continue 354 00:24:12.960 --> 00:24:17.279 this story tomorrow in the life of Joseph. So thank you for joining us 355 00:24:17.279 --> 00:24:18.359 today and we'll see you later.