Sometimes God even reveals the future to people, especially those who have something to do with that future. This could sometimes fall under the intellectual knowledge, but basically it falls under spiritual knowledge. There is a limit to what one could know about the future based on the intellects. But when we begin to see dreams and visions that reveal the future or make one know certain things that are special in the present, that’s an example of God's glory rising upon a person. And, this could be given to anyone at anytime.
The Bible says Pharaoh had a dream, a revelation of a fourteen year future event that would happen in the whole world during his time. But this was one of the problems that God had endowed Joseph with the knowledge and talents to solve in the world.
That was why he was sent into the world to help prevent certain darkness from destroying everyone in the world.
So God showed Pharaoh the problem, the darkness that was coming upon his nation Egypt and the whole world. But He gave Joseph the solution to that problem. The sunlight of Joseph was what God would use to vanish that darkness. He had been given the knowledge and the talents that would make him to rise as a star and shine as a sun in that time of darkness in the world.
But if he didn’t use that knowledge, if he didn’t rise up and shine his light, if he didn’t get up and do something with what he knew, he wouldn’t have given the solution to that situation. He would have himself remained in the dark with the world. And he wouldn’t have been known by anyone, been enriched by Pharaoh and be enthroned in Egypt.
TALENTS
But because Joseph had been using his sunlight from his childhood, it was easy for him to solve the problem presented by the vision of Pharaoh. The Bible says after Pharaoh had had that dream that God gave him, he was awake,
“And it came to pass in the morning that his spirit was troubled; and he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt, and all the wise men thereof: and Pharaoh told them his dream; but there was none that could interpret them unto Pharaoh.” (Genesis 41:8, KJV)
There was none that could interpret them because there was none of them that had the knowledge and talent for solving that kind of problem. You see, there are certain problems in the world and in your field that only you have been enabled to solve. These people had been interpreting Pharaoh’s dreams before this time. But this particular one needed a higher knowledge from heaven, not just normal knowledge and talent. But, Joseph had that higher knowledge. He had the spiritual illumination.
Joseph knew how to interpret dreams and he had great talents in managements and administration. So, he was using those knowledge and talents wherever he found himself. He was always helping those around him and those he could help with what he had, even when he wasn’t happy.
When he was wrongly accused and put in prison. He helped two guys with his knowledge. After that, he advertised himself to them and told them to talk to Pharaoh about him (Genesis 40:14). It was two years after this event that Pharaoh had this dream. One of those people Joseph had helped in prison was an officer of Pharaoh. So, when no one could interpret Pharaoh's dream,e man remembered Joseph and told the king about him
And that was how the life of joseph transformed to something better than what he could ever have imagined..
He used is talent to change the world ..how about you ?!!
