Closer Day By Day

Bible Passage:  Genesis 50 Now we have come to the end of Genesis. The previous writers have wrote so much about Joseph I am not sure what I should write, whether I am repeating. Indeed Joseph is one of my favorite characters in the Bible. In a way he looks too good to be true, [...]

Bible Passage:  Genesis 49 Alas, we are now approaching the end of our second reading of the book of Genesis.. And again, we see the ending of the hard life of Jacob.. Kinda like watching a re-run of some drama series, don’t you think? I promise this will be one of my shortest sharings, because [...]

Bible Passage: Genesis 48 Jacob/Israel was very advance in age and sick, and he knew that he was about to depart from the earth and his children. Joseph was the first to get this news and he came to visit his father with his 2 sons, Manasseh and Ephraim. Israel recounted his encounters with God [...]

Bible Passage: Genesis 47 Recently for the past few months, I have been having a difficult time at work and thank God, there have been a handful of brothers and sisters advising and encouraging me.   To quote the words of a brother, regardless of the circumstances, as Christians we always have to “live(or in [...]

Bible Passage: Genesis 46 Was it the promise of being able to see Joseph his beloved son, or his trust in God that made Jacob immediately mobilise 70 people, livestock and goods to travel to Egypt? Jacob endured many hardships in his life. In fact, his struggles began even before he was born (Gen 25:22). [...]

  Bible Passage: Genesis 45 Reading Genesis is like watching a Korean drama serial. Each chapter gets more and more exciting! Ready the tissues! Gen 45 will make you cry… …then it makes you smile. Family reunions are always sweet.  Some thoughts from today’s reading… Bigger Picture In the overall view of God’s salvation plan, [...]

Today’s chapter can be viewed as a strange juxtaposition of chapter 37. Do you still remember what happened in that chapter? Does Joseph being sold ring any bells? Well, this time, we once again see how the sons of Jacob treat their youngest but what a vast difference (approximately) twenty years make! If we remember [...]

Bible Passage: Genesis 43 Two elder brothers, who loved their younger brother. One who was willing to sacrifice his life for him, the other who loved him with a heart of compassion. “I myself will be a surety for him…” The famine was severe in the land. Food was scarce. And they had just finished [...]

Bible Passage:  Genesis 42 In today’s episode, Joseph finally met his ten brothers again, although without their knowledge. It must have been at least 22 years now (Genesis 37:2; Genesis 41:46; Genesis 41:53; Genesis 45:6) since the traumatic incident happened for Joseph when he was sold by his brothers to an unknown land. Perhaps we [...]

Bible Passage: Genesis 41 Have we arrived at a turning point in life that changed our lives completely? In this chapter, Joseph arrived at this turning point and it was a turning point that he had been hoping all along. It must have been very tough and disappointing for him being sold away as a [...]