what to do when you don't know what to do

the last part of the week ended well, including amazing messages from andy stanley and charles swindoll, and also our own president dr. easely.
i had the chance to work all of the three cameras on the floor, including camera 1 which is used to project on two giant screens on stage-this way, people in the back are able to see who is speaking up close. it was a little intimidating, but so much fun to take directions in my headset and find interesting shots of the band as they played. the stool i was on was also a little rocky, and right in the middle aisle of moody church, in the middle right where everyone could see me...and i could envision myself falling off the stool, causing the camera to go crashing down on some poor unsuspecting moody alumnist...
thankfully it never happened.
and things went great
i learned a lot
had fun
and am amazed at God-where he has brought me-though the old struggles of fear and failure still creep up, it is such a joy to serve in this way, and bring the things that i love to do before Him as an act of worship

during the session that andy stanley spoke, i wasn't working on a camera, and was able to really absorb what he was saying. he spoke about the life of joseph-and the things he said struck a chord deep in my heart

live your life as one who is confident that God is with them...
i never want to look back on my life (probably a difficult time in my life) and wonder "man, what would have happened had i been confident that God was with me?"

I'll just put down a few of the notes that i took...hopefully they make sense
Gen 39
What to do when you don't know what to do
The Lord was with joseph...the text states this several times...after joseph is sold into slavery
and the Lord was with him

after he is falsley accused of rape
and the Lord was with him

after he is put into prison
the Lord was with him...

many times we view God's silence as meaning he is inactive, and joseph went through a lot-but God was with him, and joseph was part of God's plan leading all the way up to Christ. joseph died and never knew what God was fully up to...

Gen 41:6...pharoah (who is viewed as "god" by the egyptians...) has a dream and asks joseph to interpret it...joseph says that he cannot do it, but God can tell pharoah what the dream means
this shows a lot about joseph's perspective

-for one, joseph is acknowledging that it is God who works-and also, joseph is showing that he is confident that God is with him...and he is reliant on God
-not only that, but he is unafraid to proclaim who the True God is to the falsly viewed god phaoroah..

what will my response be? will i leverage God's gifts to me for my sake and glory or for His sake and His glory? how will i respond if i am confident in God? will i use my dysfunctions as an excuse to look away from Him? joseph was bold, weak, and willing to say and do whatever God had for him...

what to do when we don't know what to do...
what did joseph do?

he did what anyone would do if they were confident that God was with them