18约瑟生平的记载是何等的甜美!因为约瑟完全在神的引导之下,他就不需要为他所作的任何事懊悔。约瑟是新约所启示之事活的说明。他是个否认自己的人,他没有自己的兴趣、自己的享受、自己的感觉、自己的野心或自己的目标。每件事都是为着神,为着神的子民。……约瑟的否认己,并他在神主宰的手下受约束,乃是国度生活实行之钥。为着约瑟否认己的生活,我们感谢神。借着这样的生活,神的目的得以达成,国度得以带进、实现并实行。借着这个达成,以色列人就有分于国度的享受(创世记生命读经,一七六一至一七六二、一八○一至一八○二、一八○六、一八○九页)。
18How sweet is the record of Joseph’s life! Because Joseph was fully under God’s guidance, there was no need for him to regret anything he did. Joseph is a living illustration of what is revealed in the New Testament. He was a self-denying person who had no self-interest, self-enjoyment, self-feeling, self-ambition, or self-goal. Everything was for God and for God’s people. Joseph’s self-denial, his restriction under God’s sovereign hand, was the key to the practice of the kingdom life. Thank God for Joseph’s self-denying life. Through such a life God’s purpose was fulfilled, and the kingdom was brought in, realized, and practiced. Through this fulfillment, the children of Israel shared in the enjoyment of the kingdom. (Life-study of Genesis, pp. 1479, 1514, 1518, 1520)