S – He told his father and brothers, and his father rebuked him. “What kind of dream is this that you have had?” he said. “Am I and your mother and your brothers really going to come and bow down to the ground before you?” ¹¹ His brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept the matter in mind. 

Genesis 37:10–12 CSB

O – Commentary:

The brothers … hated Joseph all the more (37:5, 8) and were jealous of him, but Jacob pondered the matter (v. 11). He knew how God works; he was well aware that God could select the younger to rule over the elder, and that God could declare His choice in advance by an oracle or a dream.

“Genesis,” in The Bible Knowledge Commentary: An Exposition of the Scriptures

A – God’s ways are not our ways.  He looks at the heart and realized that all of the older brothers were not the ones to lead the family.  He also knew the future and needed someone to take care of Israel’s family when the future famine came.  God takes all of this and begins to establish Joseph’s path to leadership in Egypt.

R- Heavenly Father, you are all powerful and have no limits.  Help us to trust in you when we don’t understand your path and direction.  Grow our faith to look beyond our own desires.  We invite you to lead and guide us today.