When Sorrows Like Sea Billows Roll

We will continue with our Sunday morning series on the life of Joseph and have come to that turn in the story when suddenly things are going very well for Joseph.  From pit and prison we will watch as he rises to the position of prime minister of all of Egypt.  One of the companion texts for the sermon is Jesus’ saying in Mark 10:29-30  where he makes a seemingly preposterous promise to reward the faithful a hundredfold for any losses incurred for the sake of the gospel.  It is a text greatly abused by the promoters of the health and wealth gospel, the “name it, claim it” lie of the televangelists.  But it is promise of our Lord and there are others like it.  Blessings, the rewards of faith, are never in the Bible just a thing of “pie in the sky in the sweet bye and bye.”  “O taste and see, that the Lord is good,” the Psalmist says. God’s blessings are visible.  We can taste them. Continue Reading »