You cannot watch a football match without taking note of the authority of the referee. With a whistle he rules the power of the big, the muscular and strong men on the field. He alone has the power to stop the game, announce a penalty, take a player off the field and to allow a player into the field and on and on. In some small way, this illustrates the type of authority ascribed to our Lord. God alone has ultimate power over the affairs of our world. He can call and will call the small and great to account. His whistle no one can oppose! In this field called life, we must operate under his authority and we must play by his rules. Joseph understood this authority so well, so that in the ups and downs of his life he stayed true to that voice. No wonder he rose to the second office in the land of Egypt and God used him to prepare a whole nation to survive a great famine and to support his family through a dark season.

Are your ears tuned to the whistle of our Lord?