GOD WILL REMEMBER

“’…But God will surely remember you and bring you up out of this land to the land which he swore to Avraham, Yitz’chak, and Ya’akov.’”
Genesis 50:25

Yosef lived to be 110 years old before passing away, and his final desire was the same as his father’s. Yosef called to his brothers to give them a final word of encouragement. It was at this time he reminded them of the promise given to their great grandfather that they would return to their homeland. “God will surely remember you and bring you up out of this land to the land which he swore to Avraham, Yitz’chak, and Ya’akov.” It would be many more years before this promise would become reality, but sometimes that is just the way Adonai works.
As I have taken these last few months now to study line by line, verse by verse the book of Genesis, I have found a repeated theme. Every promise Adonai made, He also made come true. The promise for Avraham to have a son in his old age came true. The promise of a nation came true. The promise of going to a foreign land came true. And knowing what lies ahead in the book of Exodus concerning the freedom of the Hebrews and the returning to the Promise Land is about to come true. I read these promises and think to myself, ‘how is it that I still find a way to doubt what Adonai has told me?’ I am embarrassed that I carry doubt concerning what He has spoken. Maybe this challenge from Adonai in me reading the Torah in such depth is deeper than I first thought. Perhaps this is His way of bringing me closer to Him, dealing with my doubt, strengthening my faith, and understanding his love. God remembers me and continues to draw me closer to Him. I am honored to be His.

Genesis 50:21-26