05/09/2021
1st Sunday Service in September 2021
Date: 5/9/21
Venue: CAC oke-Igbala Molete Apomu Zonal headquarters
Minister in charge: Evangelist, Pastor Makanjuola J.S (Zonal Superintendent Apomu)
Ministering: Pastor Caleb Okunogbe
Text: Genesis 40:11-23Genesis 40:11
Topic:Do not loose your hope in Christ
"And Pharaoh's cup was in my hand: and I took the grapes, and pressed them into Pharaoh's cup, and I gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand." And Joseph said unto him, This is the interpretation of it: The three branches are three days:" Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thine head, and restore thee unto thy place: and thou shalt deliver Pharaoh's cup into his hand, after the former manner when thou wast his butler." But think on me when it shall be well with thee, and show kindness, I pray thee, unto me, and make mention of me unto Pharaoh, and bring me out of this house:" For indeed I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews: and here also have I done nothing that they should put me into the dungeon. "When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was good, he said unto Joseph, I also was in my dream, and, behold, I had three white baskets on my head:" And in the uppermost basket there was of all manner of bakedmeats for Pharaoh; and the birds did eat them out of the basket upon my head." And Joseph answered and said, This is the interpretation thereof: The three baskets are three days:" Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thy head from off thee, and shall hang thee on a tree; and the birds shall eat thy flesh from off thee." And it came to pass the third day, which was Pharaoh's birthday, that he made a feast unto all his servants: and he lifted up the head of the chief butler and of the chief baker among his servants." And he restored the chief butler unto his butlership again; and he gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand:" But he hanged the chief baker: as Joseph had interpreted to them." Yet did not the chief butler remember Joseph, but forgot him."
Most people have lost their hopes in the Lord because of what is happening. God said “my people are loosing hope in what I can do and my words will not change”. Don’t loose hope because His power still remains.
In the text we read, two people were narrating their dreams to Joseph. Joseph himself lost hope. He put his hope in the chief butler and he was dissappointed. Joseph has been trained to call on the name of God of his father before, and he kept reminding God of his father, his promises. Contextually, the chief baker when he had his dream, he ought to pray against the dream so that the dream will not come to past but he didn’t do that, when you have an evil dream pray against it.
2 Timothy 4:8-10 "Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing." Do thy diligence to come shortly unto me:"For Demas hath forsaken me, having loved this present world, and is departed unto Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, Titus unto Dalmatia."
Apostle Paul was not loosing his hope when he wrote this verse. He was expecting the crown of righteousness after winning all the battles. He is trying to tell us too to strive the more. Do not dessert God for the sake of this worldly things. Note that things that can drag us out of faith are many. Don’t loose your hope. Wait, stand firm in God, be holy, be patient. In prayer, keep calling him, he will surely fulfill his promises. Our fathers faced challenges but waited on God and they received their promises.
- Agbara ti mi o fi ni so ireti ninu re, oluwa gbe wo mi.
God bless you all.