37_Before honour comes humility Gen 43:8 So Judah said to his father Israel, “Send the boy with me and we will arise and go, so that we may live and not die, we as well as you and our little ones. 9 I myself will take responsibility for him! You may demand him back from me. If I do not bring him back to you and present him to you, then you can let me take the blame forever. ” Gen 44:32 For your servant accepted responsibility for the boy from my father, saying, ‘If I do not bring him back to you, then my father can let me take the blame forever.’ 33 So now, please let your servant remain as a slave to my lord instead of the boy, and let the boy go up with his brothers. 34 For how shall I go up to my father if the boy is not with me? I fear that I may see the evil that would overtake my father.” Gen 45:28 Now Jacob sent Judah ahead of him to Joseph, to guide him to Goshen; and they came into the land of Goshen. The Moravian movement, one of the largest gospel-based missionary movements in Europe during the 17th and 18th centuries, was founded on sacrificial love. Given to fervent prayer, the Moravians greatly desired to reach those in distant lands with the good news. Two men, John Leonard Dober and David Nitschmann, devoted themselves to the slaves isolated on West Indies plantations. To reach them, these brave men sold themselves into slavery. There was no other way to bear the good news. As they boarded the ship from Copenhagen, their loved ones heard their departing cry, “May the Lamb that was slain receive the reward of His suffering.” This phrase became a rallying cry for the Moravian mission and a testament to their grateful devotion to Christ. Genesis 44 shows one more step on Judah’s path through humility and servant-like sacrifice. offered himself as a slave to save his younger brother Benjamin. In humility is the path to honor, and it reflects the heart of Christ. The story unfolds during a time of crisis for Jacob’s family. Famine had driven them to seek grain in Egypt. On their earlier trip, Simeon, one of the older sons of Jacob, was held hostage on suspicion that the brothers were spies. They had to prove the truth of their story by bringing their youngest brother Benjamin back with them on their next journey. Benjamin was the last remaining tie to Rachel, Jacob’s dead wife. Years earlier, Rachel’s firstborn son, Joseph, had gone missing and Jacob thought him dead. Without Benjamin, his brothers would not be allowed to buy grain in Egypt. Yet if he went, he might fall into danger. Faced with the need to make a decision, Jacob was paralyzed by fear and grief. It is in this moment that Judah steps forward. His three older brothers had already disqualified themselves from their father’s trust by their actions, leaving Judah as the de facto eldest son. Judah’s past was also far