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\nGenesis 46:31 \u00a0 <\/span>Joseph said to his brothers and to his father’s household, \u201cI will go up and tell Pharaoh and will say to him, \u2018My brothers and my father’s household, who were in the land of Canaan, have come to me. And the men are shepherds, for they have been keepers of livestock, and they have brought their flocks and their herds and all that they have.\u2019 When Pharaoh calls you and says, What is your occupation?\u2019 you shall say, Your servants have been keepers of livestock from our youth even until now, both we and our fathers,\u2019 in order that you may dwell in the land of Goshen, for every shepherd is an abomination to the Egyptians.\u201d<\/p>\n
Genesis 47:1\u00a0 <\/span>So Joseph went in and told Pharaoh, \u201cMy father and my brothers, with their flocks and herds and all that they possess, have come from the land of Canaan. They are now in the land of Goshen.\u201d And from among his brothers he took five men and presented them to Pharaoh. Pharaoh said to his brothers, \u201cWhat is your occupation?\u201d And they said to Pharaoh, \u201cYour servants are shepherds, as our fathers were.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
\u201cFor every shepherd is an abomination to the Egyptians\u201d. There are many comments and thoughts as to why this is so, but for whatever reason, the Egyptians looked down on shepherds with disgrace, aversion, disdain, disgust, contempt, etc\u2026. Joseph knew this and also had to have been led by God in his thoughts. Joseph was not the least bit worried about telling Pharaoh that his family came from a line of shepherds. Joseph was not ashamed to say this was his family.\u00a0 <\/span>He also may have had thoughts of trying to keep his family away from the Egyptian culture and their customs and to mark his family in such a way that the Egyptians would willingly stay away from them.<\/p>\n
God has a plan for every life if they would but seek Him first in their hearts and minds. For some, this may result in high-profile positions with great influence and power, and responsibility. For others, it may result in occupations and positions less so. Learning to be content in God\u2019s plan for our lives and occupations is not an easy thing. In the guise of contentment, some are just lazy misfits with no drive to succeed or be under the influence of God\u2019s direction. Likewise, there are those who strive for wealth, power, status, and worldly recognition outside of God\u2019s influence in their lives and they are never content.\u00a0 <\/span>Both of these groups of people and everyone in between has a commonality, God is not in their lives. He is not first in their lives.\u00a0 <\/span>They are influenced by worldly passions and what the world deems proper and important. Being content can only come to the hearts and minds of those who have learned to follow after God and seek Him first, and purposing to honor and glorify Him in all they think, say, and do.\u00a0 <\/span>They will have been given discernment and be able to hear the quiet whispers of the Holy Spirits leading in their lives and being able to distinguish worldly from Godly.\u00a0 <\/span>There is no God-ordained occupation below any of us.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
Early in my career I had a garbage route and picked up garbage in a small town with a pickup truck. I also cleaned toilets in an administration building for a biological vaccine manufacturing company. I was also a master plumber. In all that I did God gave me purpose and contentment. At the end of my career, I was a CEO of a biological vaccine manufacturing company.\u00a0 <\/span>I had no formal post-high school education. God will use and place those where He chooses and content are they who find their contentment in Him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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