Virtuous Humanity

Cherishing in Humanity

And Joseph settled his father and his brothers and gave them possession in the land of Egypt, in the best land,....And Joseph sustained his father and his brothers and all his father's household with food.. Genesis 47:11,12

When blessed by God, Joseph acknowledged the Blesser and realised the reason for the blessings. And having been dealt with by God, he had been trained and perfected and reigned in life manifesting the virtues of God's divine attributes. One of such is a human care, a down to earth, normal expression of a genuine man. He took care of his family in their physical needs when they needed the most, not just to meet the need, but with the best human care. He gave them "the best of the land" and "sustained all his father's household with food." This is cherishing in humanity.

It is indeed true to give oneself fully to the Lord and love Him to the uttermost, giving Him the preeminence, the best and first love, and be freed from the bondage of natural affection. So much the more, it is normal to be humane and care for the human-earthly needs out of the divine life within us. It would rather be strange to be so spiritual without any human shepherding care. The more one is filled with divinity, the more he will be properly humane, for divinity is for humanity and vice versa. One without the other is just an invalid one sided coin.

The Lord spoke to me about my need for more of the cherishing in humanity, to care for the earthly needs too, as much as for the spiritual.

Faithful in Service

Joseph brought the money into Pharoah's house... So Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharoah; Genesis 47:14,20

Recognising his official responsibility, Joseph knew his earthly master as much as he knew his heavenly Master. He was faithful to his service and did his best to gather riches--money, land and people, for Pharoah. This sounds un-spiritually strange, "Gathering riches for Pharoah in Egypt?" Well, that was Joseph's official responsibility. Pharoah made him "second-in-command" over all the land of Egypt( v.43).

Similarly, as man on earth, we all have our human, earthly, even official responsibilities in our service. A proper Christian will always be found faithful in whatever task assigned to him, unless the task is against God or His purpose. If the job is such, he should not be working for such. If this is not the case, faithfulness to service is faithfulness to God, because it is God who assigned the service.

The Lord is faithful to reveal this to me. And praise Him for His speaking, perfecting me day by day, to grow and mature bit by bit and climb the heavenly ladder step by step. Lord have mercy on me to be a genuine and proper Christian, cherishing my family and the saints in humanity and faithful to services assigned to me, be it spiritual or official.