1. Joseph the Dreamer – What Color is Your Coat?
Gen 37:23-28, 39:1-6 and 39:19-23

2. Introduction - identity
Foreigner in a strange land – what is your identity?

3. JOSEPH the DREAMER
Question of identity and vocation -vocation comes out of identity, not the other way round -What was Joseph’s identity and how did that affect how he lived?

4. 1. Joseph – Daddy’s Boy Young Joseph:
Brought a bad report about his brothers
Father’s favorite – coat of many colors
Needed to feel special – dreamer
Brothers hated him – plotted to kill; in the end sold as slave
Loss of IDENTITY

5. 2. Joseph – House Steward Potiphar’s Chief Steward
The LORD was with Joseph – blessed him (Gen 39:2)
Identity as beloved of the Lord
Brought shalom, flourishing to the household
Potiphar’s wife harasses him – Joseph flees
Wrongly accused; thrown in jail

6. 3. Joseph – prison steward
Chief Steward of the prison
The LORD was with Joseph – blessed him (Gen 39:21)
Identity as beloved of the Lord
Brought shalom, flourishing to the prison
Steadfast through trials –because he knew his identity
What Color is YOUR COAT?

7. 4. Joseph – Dream Reader Asked to interpret dreams
Forgotten by his friends
Sought by Pharoah
Pharoah sees the Spirit of God in Joseph – makes him governor
Job Description changes – identity stays the same

8. 5. Joseph – Governor of Egypt
Saved Egypt – Saved Israel
Egypt prospers – Israel prospers
The LORD was with Joseph and gave him success in everything he did (Gen 39:3, 39:23)
Faithful to his identity as the beloved of God

9. 6. Joseph – faithful servant, beloved of God
Faithful to his calling as beloved of God
Lived out Jer 29:8 – sought the shalom of the city to which he had been exiled; it prospered
Forgave his brothers – GOD meant it FOR GOOD

10. WHAT ABOUT YOU?
WHAT IS YOUR IDENTITY?
BELOVED OF GOD