I CANT DO IT BUT GOD CAN!!!

My great friend Alyssa was sharing with me the other day that she was reading about Joseph's story in the bible. One of the great climaxes in the story is in Genesis 41:15-16 when Pharaoh comes to Joseph asking him if he could interpret the dreams that Pharaoh had, hearing that Joseph could understand them and interpret them. Immediately Joseph replies, "It is not in me; GOD will give Pharaoh the answer of peace." Now, Joseph has been through a load. He first endured being betrayed by his brothers as they threw him out to slavery, he was later accused and cast into prison for a crime he was not guilty of, then forgotten for years by the man he had helped while in prison. Here we see Joseph finally catching a break from this horrible streak he's been on. He gets this once in a lifetime chance to make himself look like something great to the ruler of the nation, and he humbly replies, "It is not me." From the beginning he gives God the glory for what he is about to do for Pharaoh. And the funny thing is that Pharaoh doesn't really care who is doing the interpretation, just as long as he can get the answers he needs! So really Josepsh could've just said the simple answer, "Yes, I can do what Pharaoh asks" which is probably the answer that most of us would've given, I know I probably would've. But he doesn't even hesitate to say that it is only God that is giving the answer of peace to Pharaoh, he himself is doing done of the work, he is just the vessel that God is working through. This is a picture of absolute humility to me. Joseph makes the choice to make God look the greatest in this situation all the while his pride doesn't have the chance to get any bigger. Humility. This challenges my own sense of pride and humility as I am going about doing things for other people. Do I constantly act as just the vessel that God is working through? Or do I choose to do these things or act this way for the eyes to be shifted towards myself? What if every time I am asked to do something or even willingly volunteer myself to do it, instead of only giving the obvious answer of "yes, I will do it," giving intead the answer of "it is not me. It is God who can do it." So the next time my mom asks me to do the dishes or clean my room, I'm going to come back with a loud "I CANT DO IT BUT GOD CAN!!!" I wonder what her reaction will be :p