Genesis 50:15-26
One more sorrow remained for Joseph after his father’s death. His brothers doubt his love. They think that now Jacob has gone, he will take his revenge. With what tenderness he reassures them, explaining to them God’s mind and confirming his promise to look after them and their little children. Many Christians resemble these brothers of Joseph. They dare not believe that they are fully forgiven. Do we not also sometimes doubt the Lord’s love even though He has given us so many proofs of it? His heart is very sensitive to this lack of trust. It is as if He were saying to us then, "Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me?" (John 14:9).
In coming to the end of Genesis, we see that nearly all the mysteries of God are seen there in outline. But before this book closes, we hear again the surety of faith (v. 24). "God will surely visit you," are the last words of Joseph to his brothers, the only one of all his actions which is recorded for us in Hebrews 11:22. Even in the midst of the plenty and the good living in Egypt, he envisages the departure of his brothers and the transfer of his bones to Canaan. Let us imitate Joseph’s faith!