A lesson for all young people


A lesson for all young people



"Whatever it was made the Lord prosper" (Gen. 39: 23 
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+ Personal young Yusuf, an example to all young people today, I walked with God, in difficult circumstances, in the land of weird, not complicated by the increasing intensity of experience, but lived conscientiously in favor of, succeeding in any place and in every work.



He was a model of Christ, loving those who hated his brothers, and laminate them and Raahm, and told them: "Do not be afraid .... I will nourish you, you and your children" (Genesis 50: 18-21), and Azahm and good even think, despite their enthusiasm for a time and hating him by saying and the act.



And was wise in all stages of life, and honest in his work, did not have Bible goes whereby, but followed the law of conscience (natural law), supervision and a sense of God always,   Which is the secret of his greatness, with the rest of the following attributes:



1 - resisted bravely wife Lady tyrant, despite knowing the outcome of obedience and breaches.



2 - honesty and modesty and purity, although it was at the age of adolescence (17 years), and said: "How do I do this great evil and sin against God."



3 - refused to betray his master, refusing the privileges and physical temptations are many.



4 - his love for his father and his brothers (Genesis 37), despite their hatred to him, without justification, and did not retaliate against them, but told them: "You hurt me, ye thought, but God meant me well" (Gn 50: 20).



+ We have learned that "all things (good or bad) work together for good to those who love God" (Romans 8:28), and to escape from evil is not cowardice, but very brave and dignity.



5 - dependence on God, and no one else: "The Lord was with Joseph, was a successful man" (Genesis 39: 3). "Because God was with him, no matter how it was made the Lord prosper" (Gen. 29: 23) "The Lord had made him fruitful in the land of his" (Genesis 41: 52).



6 - dedication in his work, so he has the confidence to master(Genesis 39: 6) in prison (Genesis 39: 22), in the management of supply all of Egypt, during the 7-year famine (Genesis 41: 37-44).

7 - did not grieve or complain about the difficult conditions of the sequence, but satisfaction with the situation and thanked God, and has attached to it, Fraah and Hama.



+   Tolerable injustice since childhood as follows:



1 - deprived of the kindness of his mother at an early age (Rachel died during the birth of his brother Benjamin).



2 - hatred of the ten brothers to him, hate him, even thought to kill him!! .



3 - throwing well in the dark did not know how to get out of them, did not announce that a brother who sold it.



4 - sold into slavery at a low price, and lived in distant lands (idolatry), did not know the language and customs.



5 - have been forbidden from seeing his father Jacob, did not think it will see him again.



6 - subjected to cruel, Satanic experience of a woman with Sultan (wife of the Minister of Interior) at the age of 17 years (in the heyday of his youth).



7 - was detained in the prison of the top criminals and politicians, for a crime he did not commit.



8 - stayed in prison for 13 years until he reached thirty years of age, a very long time (and not despair of the salvation of imprisonment).



+ God gave him intelligence and wisdom in the interpretation of dreams, and sound economic planning and accountability in economic conditions very difficult.



+ A good lesson for all young people confront problems, not without a whimper or boredom, but with patience and gratitude, that God manages it.