Contemplative Bible Reading

Genesis 41:37-38 (New Living Translation)

37 Joseph’s suggestions were well received by Pharaoh and his officials. 38 So Pharaoh asked his officials, “Can we find anyone else like this man so obviously filled with the spirit of God?”

Joseph had impressed Pharaoh, so Pharaoh replies in verse 38. Notice what Pharaoh believes:

• There is a God
• There is a Creator
• There is a spirit world
• The Creator God puts his spirit in some people
• Joseph had been so filled with the spirit of God

This Pharaoh was a religious person. He believed there was more to life than the physical. Religious does not mean that a person follows God, Jehovah, the Creator. Religious means you believe in more than the physical in front of you.

There are many religious people in the world who are not Christians. We have something in common from which we can start conversations.