Always Looking Forward in Hope...

Genesis 50:22 So Joseph remained in Egypt, he and his father's house. Joseph lived 110 years. 23 And Joseph saw Ephraim's children of the third generation. The children also of Machir the son of Manasseh were counted as Joseph's own. 24 And Joseph said to his brothers, “I am about to die, but God will visit you and bring you up out of this land to the land that he swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.” 25 Then Joseph made the sons of Israel swear, saying, “God will surely visit you, and you shall carry up my bones from here.” 26 So Joseph died, being 110 years old. They embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.

As we come to the conclusion of the month, this book, and the extensive account of Joseph's life, we are once again impressed with the fact that he was always looking forward. Even on his death, he looked at his heirs with hope, convinced that God would keep the promise He had given to his forefathers: to take them to the Promised Land.  The word "visit" used in verse 24 has a sense of "seeking out to attend to, with the intent to provide what is needed." What a picture of what God promises to His people. That is the same kind of care we can look forward to. Let us continue following Him.