God's Plan For Global Evangelism

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*/2%$/ (9$1*(/,60 Pastor Charles Omofomah 1 Now Jacob dwelt in the land where his father was a stranger, in the land of Canaan.

2 This is the history of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brothers. And the lad was with the sons of Bilhah and the sons of Zilpah, his father’s wives; and Joseph brought a bad report of them to his father.

3 Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age.

Also he made him a tunic of many colours.

4 But when his brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, they hated him and could not speak peaceably to him.

5 Now Joseph had a dream, and he told it to his brothers; and they hated him even more.

6 So he said to them, “Please hear this dream which I have dreamed: 7 There we were, binding sheaves in the field.

Then behold, my sheaf arose and also stood upright; and indeed your sheaves stood all around and bowed down to my sheaf.”

8 And his brothers said to him, “Shall you indeed reign over us? Or shall you indeed have dominion over us?” So they hated him even more for his dreams and for his words.

Genesis 37:1-8

Now, this suggests something very vital about

gift that Joseph had, he ended in the pit where

the life of Joseph. He had a ver strong and

his brother put him.

sound spiritual foundation. That was why he

You can have wonderful gifting, the type that

did not participate in what his brothers were

when people see you, they don’t need to be told

doing.

that you are gifted and you can still end up in

In this article, we are going to look at the life of

businessman preaching the Word of God, or a

Joseph as it portrays, to a large extent, God’s

fornicating or adulterous person preaching the

plan for global evangelism. In this study, we

Word of God. The Word of God can only be

will discover some necessary things that every

preached in integrity and the proof of your

member of the church of Christ needs to carry

integrity is when you have a good foundation

out God’s plan for global evangelism.

spiritually.

A Good Spiritual Foundation

The Gifts Of The Spirit Is Vital

The verse 2 of our text shows that Joseph did

Joseph had a gift and his gift was the ability to

not participate in the evil that his brothers were

dream dreams and also to interpret dreams.

doing. This gave him the boldness to go to their

This wonderful gifting distinguished him from

father, Jacob and he gave him the bad report.

his brothers. However, with all that wonderful

the pit. Thank God that in Joseph’s case, he The word “foundation” means the lowest load-

didn’t end up in the pit but that could have

bearing part of a building, typically below ground

been his story, and that could also be yours.

level, an underlying basis or principle. I am more

The little graduation that he got from the pit

interested in the second definition: an

was to be taken as a slave by the Ishmaelites

underlying basis or principle. In this case, when

whom his brothers sold him to.

we say that one must have a strong spiritual foundation, this simply means that one must

Many people in the body of Christ are like

have a strong spiritual basis or principles,

Joseph. They have gifting, but they are in one

which are based on none other than the Word

type of pit or the other. Remaining in the pit

of God.

could hinder evangelisation if it is not taken care of.

As a member of the body of Christ, you need to have a strong spiritual foundation for you to

Operate In Divine Wisdom

participate in evangelism, either individually or globally. Nobody wants to listen to a dubious

1 It came to pass after these things that the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt offended their lord, the king of Egypt.

2 And Pharaoh was angry with his two officers, the chief butler and the chief baker.

3 So he put them in custody in the house of the captain of the guard, in the prison, the place where Joseph was confined.

4 And the captain of the guard charged Joseph with them, and he served them; so they were in custody for a while.

Genesis 39:16-20 Joseph with all his gifting ended up in prison

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because he refused to yield to a life of

However, the story does not end there. The

much because they have not crossed the

unrighteousness; he refused to sleep with

fact that he came out of prison didn’t mean

shores of their nation and they have no means

Potiphar’s wife. One would wonder how he

that God was done with him. If Joseph had

of doing so. Having a strong spiritual

made an impact that is worth comparing with

stopped at just interpreting the dream, that

foundation and operating in divine wisdom

God’s plan for evangelism. Personally, I

would have been fine because he had

are good but they are not enough for you to

interpreted the dream to Pharaoh. However,

increase your sphere of influence. When you

that would not have taken him to the place

have wealth in your hands, then, you can have

God wanted him. Maybe, he would have gone

global influence.

strongly believe that Joseph made an impact because of his decision to operate in divine wisdom In prison, Joseph met the king’s butler and baker. They each had a dream (Genesis 40:5).

This was God orchestrating His plan for a global event. Joseph interpreted each person’s dream, which eventually came to pass.

God gave him that opportunity to sow because his seed was what would bring him out of where he was. Among other things, God gave him the opportunity to sow seeds in the lives of those two people. Joseph could have said, “What’s my problem? Why should

back to the dungeon. Instead, God raised Joseph up and he entered the realm of

With wealth in your hands, you send aids to

wisdom. He told Pharaoh the things that were

victims of bomb blast, and preach the gospel

to be done to avert the years of famine. He

on national and international televisions as

also said to Pharaoh, “Now, therefore, let

well as all over the nations of the world who

Pharaoh select a discerning and wise man, and set

are hungry for the Word of God. They will

him over the land of Egypt” (Genesis 41:33). The

tune in and listen to the gospel. This can only

Bible says, “Then Pharaoh said to Joseph,

happen with your covenant wealth. That is the

“Inasmuch as God has shown you all this, there is

place where God wants to take you; where

no one as discerning and wise as you” (Genesis

you understand that the purpose of your

41:38). Pharaoh set Joseph over all the land of

covenant wealth in Christ is for distribution.

Egypt and they celebrated the event even

God wants the man who is willing to

before it happened.

distribute.

I interpret their dream? If I interpret their

Don’t ever think that the unbelievers

dream, they will leave me here and I

are the ones getting all the money.

will be suffering alone”. However,

You might think that they are

he didn’t do that. The interpretation

getting all they can and canning all

of the dreams did not only give

they get, and the wealth is not

him the opportunity to sow a seed

being equally distributed. Rather,

and to exercise his gifting. It

the wealth is reserved for the body

brought him out of the prison, God

of Christ, which is of the end-time

started enhancing his manifestation

army. They are keeping it for us.

of wisdom.

The only way we can have the world to bow their knees to Christ

When Joseph first had his dreams

is through covenant wealth.

and the ability to interpret them,

Covenant wealth will bring people

he was immature and so, acted

to their knees, that is the only way

rashly and without wisdom. This landed him in the pit. No matter how big your gifting is without wisdom you

Your Covenant Wealth Will Help You Impact The World

will end up in the pit. So, when God taught

Joseph interpreted Pharaoh’s dream and gave

him the principle that brought him out of

him the solution to the famine, he began to

prison, God made Pharaoh to dream a dream.

operate in divine wisdom. However, he was only able to influence his immediate

Joseph had begged the men not to forget him

environment; he didn’t impact the world.

when he interpreted their dreams, and they

Joseph started to widen his sphere of

got out of prison. Yet, the butler forgot about

influence after wealth started coming in when

him. To show that it was the principle of the

there were corn and grain everywhere in

seed that was in operation, the Bible says that

Egypt and there were no riches in other

Pharaoh dreamed a dream and there was no

places.

one who could interpret the dream, and that was when the Chief Butler remembered

Some people have spiritual gifts and operate

Joseph after two years. That was how Joseph

in divine wisdom that would astound the

came out of prison.

greatest mind in the world, but they cannot do

to do global evangelism. Your gifting have their limitation, even your wisdom has its limitation.

In fact, the Scripture says that a poor man’s wisdom is despised and his words are not heard (Ecclesiastes 9:16). Do not be perturbed.

When you recognize that you are in a process, just keep going through the process. God’s wisdom will be developed in you as He will take you to where you will control covenant wealth. God’s wealth will take you to where you will be in charge and world evangelism can be made easier that way, and an impact can take place. There is a limit to the impact you can make without money.

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