I'm I'm You ever find yourself comparing your gifts and ministry to other people?

Maybe wishing you had a more impressive job to do.

Today on Truth for Life we'll learn why there's no ideal place to serve God

except right where he has placed you. Alistair Begg is continuing our study in Genesis

chapter 41, beginning with verse 41.

This Joseph who was in charge, was a man who was in touch. He was in touch with the living God, and one of the key evidences in his life was the fact

of his wisdom. If a man is going to be marked or a woman by this kind of wisdom,

then it is going to be tested significantly in the everyday events of life. And so we would

expect that Joseph, in going about the position that he has now been entrusted with would declare the evidences of a wise and

discerning mind. And I want simply to point out to you the way in which his wisdom is revealed

in this arena. First of all, his wisdom is displayed in his clarity of purpose. You actually

need to backtrack to verse 36, where we noted

that his obvious concern in the plan which he had suggested to Pharaoh was, in the final phrase

of verse 36, so that the country may not be ruined by the famine. And his wisdom in conceiving the plan is revealed

in the fact that his plan was purposeful. At the same time, his wisdom is declared not only in the

clarity of his purpose, but also in the extent of his

endeavor, or if you like, his hard work. You get this picture of him saying, all right, I understand

what my job is, and I am clear as to the purpose that has been established, and now in order to

give myself wholeheartedly to the task,

I must leave the comfort and presence of Pharaoh here and get on and about my business.

Thirdly, his hard work is more than matched by his strategy. If he is going to display his wisdom, then he clearly is going

to have to have something to say to the various cities and towns at which he presents himself.

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