“Can we find a man like this, in whom is the Spirit of God?” Genesis 41:38
The name of God hasn’t even been mentioned in the royal court. Nobody knows Him there. Nobody there hears His Word. But then Joseph arrives, and God is the subject of the first sentence he speaks.
Pharaoh says to his servants, “Can we find a man like this, in whom is the Spirit of God?” (41:38). Now Pharaoh is speaking about God! “Since God has shown you all this, there is none so discerning and wise as you are” (41:39).
Pharaoh is saying, “Here is a man who knows God. He knows what God has said, and he knows what God will do. This man knows the mind of God. He must be filled with the Spirit of God, because what he speaks to me is the Word of God.”
You see how wonderfully Joseph points us to Jesus here. “He whom God has sent utters the words of God” (John 3:34). “I have given them the words that you gave me” (John 17:8). “No one knows the Father except the Son and anyone to whom the Son chooses to reveal him… [so] Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest” (Matt. 11:27, 28).
Jesus is the wise and wonderful counselor who comes to you in the mysteries of your life, when you are pressed down by the burdens of your responsibilities, where you don’t know where to turn or what to do. He knows the mind of God because He is the Son of God. He is God with us. What He says is the Word of God, and it will come to pass.
Do you regard Jesus this way? If not, why not?
