Life of Jospeh Wk. 2: Abandoned and Lost

Small Group/Personal Reflection Questions

Read Genesis 37:12-28

• Share something in this passage that stands out to you. 

If you have siblings, how was your relationship with them growing up? How would they have responded if your parents instructed you to supervise them in their tasks/chores? 

Do you agree that it was a foolish decision for Joseph to be sent to his brothers? Why/Why Not? How could it have been handled differently? 

Read Genesis 37:15-17. Do you think this is a random coincidence or was this God explicitly at work? Has there been a time where you have experienced God unmistakably providing guidance in a time you’ve felt lost? 

It was shared in the sermon, “God is at work in the meanwhile”. What does that mean to you? Are there ways you have experienced that? 

How does Psalm 40:1-4 relate to this section of Joseph’s story? How can this Psalm help shape us?