Bibledoorajar Says "Keep it in mind"

      Jacob's entourage had reached Canaan and the Word says that they settled there. With a little imagination, one can view an active life with a family that included 12 sons.  The Word wastes no time in telling us that Joseph, the knee baby born to Jacob's beloved Rachel, was now seventeen years old and was helping the sons of Zilpah and Bildah tend livestock. These brothers were envious of Joseph's position with his father and hated the fact that Jacob had made Joseph a multicolored coat which Joseph wore in their presence. Their feelings had increased to the point that the brothers actually hated Joseph himself even though a brother. When Joseph began sharing his dreams with them and informing their father of their behavior their hatred increased.

(Narrator)
Joseph's coat annoyed his brothers

(Brothers)
But what makes us mad
Are the things that Joseph tells us of the
Dreams he's often had

(Joseph)
I dreamed that in the fields one day
The corn gave me a sign
Your eleven sheaves of corn
All turned and bowed to mine
My sheaf was quit a sight to see
A golden sheaf and tall
Yours were green and second-rate
And really rather small

(Brothers)
This is not the kind of thing
We brothers like to hear
It seems to us that Joseph and his
Dreams should disappear

                         Joseph's Dreams Lyrics

When Jacob heard the first dream content, he had questions for Joseph and asked him if it meant that his mother and brothers along with himself would bow down to Joseph sometime in the future. Jacob did not totally endorse that they would, but the Word does say he "kept the dream in mind". Perhaps he viewed that there could be a future need that would need to be met and a son with royal attributes would be helpful and Jacob's  rest/peace would be preserved. Perhaps it would happen through this son so he kept it in mind.

The writer of Hebrews says that believers should not fear  but keep the following in mind for times of need:

"Let us then approach God’s throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need"(4:16)

Thanks be to God's grace that through the work of the greater Son we have a resource in our times of need. Hallelujah! Let's keep this in mind always.