CALL TO SERVICE.

   (i) Joseph is sold to Egypt. Gen. 37:12 -36

   (ii) Joseph served in Egypt. Gen.41: 37-57

A.Meaning of service

Service is doing some work which one is called upon

 to perform or one volunteer to do. In service, one is

 expected to do the work with all his or her heart,

 mind and strength. When this happens, one is said to

 have rendered faithful, loyal and accountable service.


B. Examples of people who serve in the bible:-

(i) Joseph is sold to Egypt. Gen. 37:12 -36

Joseph served his father faithfully. At the age of

 seventeen, he was shepherding the flock with his brothers. On one occasion, his father sent him to go and give food to his brothers on the field. On getting there, he couldn’t find them at Shechem where they were, he went further to Dothan where he found them. His brothers caught him and sold him to some Ishmaelite traders for twenty shekels of silver. The traders took Joseph to Egypt where they sold him as a slave.

(ii) Joseph serves in Egypt Gen. 41: 37-57:He was

 diligent in Potiphar’s house as a slave even though

 his master was an  Egyptian. When he was in the

 the prison also, all other prisoners were kept in his care.

 ( Gen 39:22). When he left the Prison and he was

 given an appointment in pharaoh cabinet because he

 interpreted the king’s dream, Joseph still

 distinguished himself with the way he carefully

 gathered, stored and preserved enough grain in the

 years of abundance and its distribution and sales in

the years of famine.

In Summary, Joseph served his father, brothers,

 Potiphar, co-prisoners, Pharaoh and the entire people

 of Egypt.


C. Ruth serves her mother-in-law Ruth 1: 7-18

Ruth got married to one of Elimelech’s sons: Mahlon

 who died just after the marriage. When Ruth lost her

 husband, Naomi her mother-in-law advised her to

 go back to her parents but she refused, she preferred

 to be with her mother-in-law. She served her mother-

in-law whole heartedly and made her not to feel lonely

 with the death of her husband and her two sons:

 Mahlon and Chilion. As a result of this, God  blessed

 Ruth with another husband Boaz who took care of her

 and she was blessed with a son Obed, the father of

 Jesse, the father of David the great king(Ruth 4:17-

22).

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