Genesis 4
Genesis 37:18-36
The brothers of Joseph , sat about and discussed and came to the conclusion.
The conclusion was to kill their own brother Joseph.
They wanted to kill Joseph because they would not stand the favor of God upon the life of Joseph.
The favor of God upon the life of Joseph was so intense that it influenced his ability to dream about what his destiny and how his future was supposed to look like.
However as much as his dreams were very impressive his brothers were displeased by the dreams that were commercials of the future that was supposed to come.
As the tension against Joseph grew in measure.
The brothers decided to kill him in hope that Joseph and his dreams would come to nothing.
They threw him into an empty pit so that he would die due to the dangerous conditions in the pit.
After a lengthy while, the guilt of leaving Joseph to die in the deep and dark pit influenced the brothers to opt to the idea of selling Joseph into slavery.
Killing him was going to be unbearable a guilt in comparision to just selling Joseph as a slave.
This is all happening to Joseph because of the favor of God upon his life.
His very own brothers find Joseph unbearable cause of the favor of God on his life.
The favor of God upon the life of Joseph stirs up Envy, Jealousy, and Hatred in the center of the inner recesses of the brothers’ minds and spirits.
At this juncture, do you realize that many times than not you walk into a room and people begin to be unsettled: this is so because they cannot stand the favor of God upon your life.
Its in this moment that you should understand that the favor of God is too heavy on your life cause even folk who do not know you well are filled with Envy, Jealousy and Hatred just because you expressed yourself.
It just so seems that the Almighty God does not just talk with you but he also walks with you.
Needless to wonder that your presence ushers an earthquake impact in the kingdom of darkness simply because you showed up.
The first murder to ever be recorded in Bible Belt was between two brothers - Cain and Abel.
Abel obtained favor from the Lord Almighty and as a result Cain who did not recieve the favor of God decided to kill Abel.
Envy , Jealousy and Hatred entered the heart of Cain and he killed his brother Abel.
The favor of God upon your life will attract many haters against you life.
Some people will hate even your very existence.
Joseph was revered by many in Egypt while in the house of Potiphar for only his physical appearance.
But the moment it dawned unto them that the favor and the hand of God was on the life of Joseph:- Envy, Jealousy and Hatred was expressed against Joseph.
In refusing to submit to the situation that was created by Potiphar’s wife , the hand of God on the life of Joseph was revealed.
In offering a worthwhile sacrifice unto God the favor and the hand of God was revealed on the life of Abel.
This revelation aroused Envy, Jealousy and Hatred in the heart of Cain prompting him to kill Abel.
Interestingly the devil hates you so much to the extent that he would want to kill you at any given chance.
Simply because the favor and hand of God is upon your life.
But God won’t let it happen.
Because there is a purpose and an assignment for you to accomplish on the face of the earth.
Envy, Jealousy and Hatred are human conditions that react to the revelation of the hand and favor of God upon a given individual.
People hate you for no obvious reasons and you wonder why: well it’s because of the favor and the hand of God rested upon your life.
