HOW CAN
I?
Joseph was next in
command to the pharaoh when there was a great famine in the land; His brothers
had come to Egypt to purchase the grains not knowing that the one whom they had
sold as a slave was in charge of supplying the food. Joseph supplied the grains to his brothers,
and as they were going back to their father’s house in Canaan, he cornered them
to leave behind their youngest brother in Egypt. On hearing this they were very
much troubled and Judah replied to Joseph saying “How can I go back to my father if the boy
is not with me?” (Genesis 44:34)
Judah had taken the responsibility of bringing back Benjamin; the youngest of
them all safely back to his father.
At this juncture, I
want to remind you of the responsibilities that we carry. The Lord has bestowed
us with friends and family. We need to make sure that none will be left behind on
the last day. May be there is a lost sheep in your family. Did you ever think
of how you could meet the heavenly Father without him or her? As a child of God
you have the responsibility for your fellow brothers. There are people dying in
their sins, death eternal they receive. Who will answer for them going there?
Don’t settle for
ninety nine, Our God is concerned about that last and the lost one. It might be
your brother or sister or son or a friend. Remember the words of Esther to King
Xerxes, She said: For how can I bear to see the disaster of my
people? How can I bear to see the destruction of my family? (Esther 8:6)
Let us take up this
challenge, for how can we meet the Lord without the ones whom He has given to
us as our kin?
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