1. Joseph – Dreamer and Deliverer Weakness Meets Meekness
Genesis 39

2. Weakness, Meekness or Power…
Joseph…as Weakness…

3. Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth…
Joseph…as Meekness…
Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth…

4. Weakness, Meekness or Power…
Joseph is a man who receives “loyalty” from God (v21) and who lives loyally in relation to his Egyptian master… (vv. 8-9)
(Walter Brueggemann…Genesis Commentary)
Joseph…as Weakness…

5. Weakness, Meekness or Power…
Where modern man talks of success…Old Testament man talked of blessings…Gordon Wenham (Word Biblical Commentary)
Joseph…as Weakness…

6. Weakness, Meekness or Power… Potiphar’s Wife as Weakness

7. Weakness, Meekness and Power…
But while Joseph was there in the prison,
 the Lord was with him; he showed him kindness and granted him favour in the eyes of the prison warden…
…the Lord was with Joseph and gave him success in whatever he did…(Genesis 39:21-23)

8. Weakness, Meekness or Power…
You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives… (Genesis 50:20)