10/25/2026
Grieve with Hope
Genesis 50:1-14
In Genesis 49:29-33 is Jacobs last breath and words. He is centering his burial upon the Lord.
Point one: Faith does not eliminate grief. They wept over his face, Joseph did. Even the community grieved. They grieved 70 days, and took 50 days to embalm/preserve the body. The scripture does not say grief should be hurried or pretended away. Our culture puts sickness and death out of our mind, yet one day everyone will be standing before the King of Kings. Gods faithfulness does not mean we will be spared from grief.
We do not grieve though in hopelessness. Christ has secured victory over death! Hope is not merely a feeling, it is a reality for believers. No matter how I feel the internal inheritance that Christ has secured for us his children does not change. This hope does not mean we need to feel okay during grief, we can feel all the emotions because hard times are going to come. We will face trials. But we need to ask ourselves what truths about God can we cling to? And are we clinging to God even when hard times aren’t happening?
Point two: grief should not eliminate our faithfulness to God. As Joseph’s story comes to close they are not in promised land of Canaan but in Egypt. Jacob had bought a small piece in promised land to be buried in and expressed where the person truly belonged. God had promised Abrahams family that land and bringing Jacob back to this land brought all of these generations back to Gods promises and remind them that they are Gods people. Grief can be very isolating, even when you have a community because nobody but God can truly know what your going through. It can be easy to feel like no one understands. Our faith can struggle when we grieve. It can be beside of a lot of things. Isolation is a dangerous place to stay and we need Gods word to put our feet back on solid ground. He loves us so much! Are we building our lives on Gods word before these hard times come? Are you seeking God? How can we make our church where hurting people can come and seek Him?
Point three: A Godly legacy magnifies Gods faithfulness. His life tells a bigger story about God that will be shared and magnify Gods faithfulness. There were
Egyptians there were witnessing Gods people magnify God and honoring his covet. I want our lives and our deaths to shine a light on our God! It’s about Him, that is what it is all about! Jesus will carry us through.
