The story of Joseph in the Book of Genesis says that a seventeen year old boy in Canaan had odd dreams about how his family including his father and his older brothers would come to him and bow down to him.
His turbulent life continues intertwined with different dreams from different people. When he was a slave in Egypt, he encountered two prominent servants of Pharaoh who were held at prison and interpreted their dream. The decisive moment came to him when Pharaoh himself was depressed by his repeated dreams that signified looming misfortune of his nation. Joseph interpreted the dream of Pharaoh and even offered solutions.
The life of Joseph represents the person God treasures His dream and unfolds it as the life proceeds. In this regard, Joseph is often called a type that is to be fully completed in Jesus the Messiah.
Until the dream comes true, Joseph undergoes series of trials and suffering moments: being thrown to a cistern by his own brothers, being sold as a slave to a foreign country, being wrongly accused and put to prison and other many situations he must have faced during this perilous journey.
However, his life was finally led up to the glory becoming a governor of Egypt and the dream he had long ago came true as his own brothers all came and deeply bowed down in front of him.
The notable point of his attitude is he forgave every wrongdoing his brothers did against him. Instead, he willingly provided every need that his brothers and his children required in times of famine.
Time of famine is time of death, time of darkness. But, the act of godly man opens a way for a fresh era of abundance through his forgiveness and generosity based in God.
