Joseph Who Stood Before Pharaoh (Gen. 41:38)
Intro – Joseph
Promise – Faith
Absolute
Why are kids shaking? They don’t have what is absolute, or certain, in them. Joseph had this so he wasn’t shaken even as a slave. He went to prison and did not shake. Even though he stood before the king, Pharaoh, he did not shake as he relayed God’s Word. Do I have this absolute thing? Without this absolute thing, no matter how much skill you have, you will shake. What does it mean to shake? You shake every time you face a problem. Even if you don’t face a problem, you get depressed. Even though the future isn’t here yet, you think about the future and you are shaken. You also shake as you think about the past, why? That’s normal and everybody is like that, but the absolute thing of God that is unshaking is within me. There’s nothing absolute other than God, but God is invisible.
God, Word
America is a superpower nation but there are many with mental illnesses. Why can people not overcome? If you’re not able to listen well, you’ll study hard and shake later on. Are you on spring break right now? Is it good if you just wander around? Yeah, I’m sure you like it because you don’t have to study, but right now, you are enjoying spring break while being worried about your future. You guys are enjoying spring break holding onto the burdens of your studies, then those things are not helpful. You need to have the absolute things so that no matter what happens, you never shake, so that no matter what happens, you’re not influenced. Only God is not influenced. Only when the things of God, the Word He has promised, is inside of me, will I not be shaken or influenced.
Why are people addicted to drugs? It’s the same thing, it can never work with anything else. Why do we have more and more mental illnesses? Why are there so many shootings of innocent people? It’s because they don’t have the absolute thing. If you hold onto this while you study, then just like Joseph, you will also stand before Pharaoh, but most people shake and fall before they get to the Pharaoh, they fall by themselves, and by themselves, they’re seized by the scars of their past and fall in suffering.
Bartizan
The absolute thing is the bartizan, what is the bartizan? Have you seen a lighthouse? What happens if a lighthouse is not there? If there are rocks, the ship gets destroyed. But the lighthouse guides the ship where to go. The ships can’t go on land. That’s why we need the lighthouse. You need to shine the light for the ship to enter safely. I’ll explain another way. Right now, there’s a war between Russia and Ukraine and between Hamas and Israel.
Night
During the day, you can see the enemy approaching, then at night, do you have to see the enemy approaching or not? Russian soldiers could attack Ukraine at night, then should they be asleep? A few people need to stay awake while everyone else sleeps, right? They need to raise up watchtowers and watchmen must always be on guard. If the watchman falls asleep, the enemies can enter, right? What is a bartizan, then? To shine the light, and to protect, and to save, that’s the meaning that is contained in the bartizan.
Let’s say for example that Los Angeles doesn’t have any police, then of course, crimes and thefts will increase. Is it true that the police have shifts to cover 24 hours? Yes, why? To protect. When you’re asleep, a burglar could break into your house so people need to be on guard 24 hours a day, right? It’s the same for us, the absolute things of God, the Word of God, must shine inside of us, always; otherwise, things that are not absolute, things that have no choice but to shake and are relative will crawl into us.
What does it mean for something to be relative? It means it starts with me and that’s what completely swallows me up. Satan uses that. What is “relative”? Your knowledge that you’ve learned, that’s not absolute, right? The knowledge you’re learning is not the truth; that knowledge can change. The earth being flat or round, or having a chubby or a skinny face, beauty standards change. Back in those days, whoever had the biggest belly was number one because not everyone could eat; it meant you could eat a lot and have a lot of money because back then, nobody had food. Now, people have to go on diets. Now, people say that my face looks slim, all I did was stop eating ramen. I lost about 7-8 pounds. I would just eat vegetables and rice and I lost weight. So, anything that is not the absolute truth of God will keep changing. Before America was the superpower nation, what was the superpower nation? Did you not learn this? That’s why you go to school, to learn the basics. Before America came to power, what was the superpower nation? England. Why was the UK the superpower nation? Yes, it was a superpower nation with many colonies, but you need strength to colonize. In high school you learn about colonization but you will learn in college why England had so much strength to colonize. Before that, it was Spain. Why Spain? Back in those times, whoever ruled the seas, the ships, was the superpower. To conquer the naval and sea routes, they needed ships to fight, and that’s how they would go to different lands and colonize them.
One day, Spain began to collapse, why? The Spanish galleons were unable to fight against the small English fire ships. It was a small development that broke down the entire nation, and from that point on, Spain began to collapse and the UK took over, setting up colonies. They would take all the resources from their colonies like India and sell them to become the superpower nation. Before that, Portugal and the Netherlands were superpowers as well.
When did the UK stop being the superpower? World War I, because there wasn’t a war on American soil. After the first and second world war, Europe poured out its wealth into the war but America would sell to them. America never had a war on its soil and waited until the last minute to enter into the war, and then the tables completely turned. It didn’t take long, this was the 1900s, maybe 100 or more years. America is a very young nation, independent since 1776, but after it became more powerful, it bought up all the land that makes up the 50 states. At first, there were 13 colonies, and then the Louisiana purchase was acquired to finance France’s war. Texas was won in a war with Mexico. When America said it wanted to buy California, Mexico said no, so America fought them. In the end, they surrendered California for less money. They should have just sold it. The reason the political leaders fought like this was because they thought it was like the war on Canaan. America also bought Alaska from Russia for a lot of money. What am I talking about? For the nation to become a superpower nation, it must have great power. We have Canada to the north, and we’re surrounded by water on the east and west. People in America don’t really understand. America’s reign as superpower nation may end between 2030-2080. America went into South Korea, and gave some power to South Korea, so South Korea became a little more powerful. There’s God’s plan, so being in the superpower nation, we evangelize to the 237 nations; later on, we don’t have that strength.
What is the only thing that doesn’t change? Only the Word of God is eternal and unchanging, and that Word must come into me for me to not shake or be influenced, for me to be rooted. Joseph was sold as a slave, but because he had the absolute things inside of him, and that’s what God wants to give to you. The problems of America occur because you think you’re right and you fight with someone else. How can we block this? keep thinking about it, how do you memorize something? You’ll remember rit. How do your scars become bigger? Hold onto your scars and think about it.
God blesses or curses your life, not your parents. Your parents may help you worship and give you money, but it’s better if nobody helps you. That becomes a way to become a great individual. If your parents don’t help you, you experience God’s help.
Deep Breathing
Sit next to a window and listen while doing deep breathing, then you’ll be strengthened your brain. It’s not that you’re stupid but your brain lacks strength. Then, your brain will work better. You study like this. Do this during lunchtime at school. Remnants may also do this during the passing periods and hold onto the absolute covenant and pray with that. May the Lord be my Master, may the Kingdom of God be established. Then, there will be a big difference. No one can compare with you by the time you’re 30. Those who trust in themselves will shake and by using those stepping stones, the difference will be tremendous. Turn on the 7,7,7 prayer recording. Then you will overcome.