July 31.
Remember Me

Genesis 40:14, 23

But think on me when it shall be well with thee, and shew kindness, I pray thee, unto me, and make mention of me unto Pharaoh, and bring me out of this house: 23 yet did not the chief butler remember Joseph, but forgot him.

Although Joseph had brought relief for the chief butler, he forgot him. He had made life pleasant for the butler, but he wouldn’t have him in their speech. And on the other hand, when a person keeps you in their speech it is because they have you on their mind. I used to get real upset when I heard that people were talking about me. But when I discovered they don’t talk about you if they re not thinking about you. So I detected that people were promoting me and I was fighting the promotion, because sometimes talk is the greatest publicity you can ever have. Don’t get upset because people are talking about you. They can’t talk about you if they’re not thinking about you.

Now, the butler is out and the baker is dead. But Joseph is still in prison. Hardly ever does Joseph use the pronoun me. For once he decided to remember himself. Note what Joseph says in Genesis 40:14. But think on me, when it shall be well with thee and show kindness, I pray thee unto me and make mention of me unto Pharaoh and bring me out of this house. Joseph was a type of Christ, and that is exactly what Jesus says to us. That’s why we have communion. Jesus says, “Do this in remembrance of me. As often as you do this, you show forth my death, burial and resurrection. Do this until I come again.” That’s why it’s so important that every time we preach, we preach Christ. Not John but Christ. We need to hear is more about Jesus. If the world is going to be saved, Jesus will save it. There is no Co-Savior. We must focus totally on him. You wonder how you ended up in unusual spots. You think you accidentally came that way because of a detour. However, the things that we call a detour are often God’s divine plan.