Joseph was Jacob’s favorite son. Jacob doted on Joseph to the point of giving him a multicolored tunic or coat of many colors. Joseph’s brothers could not speak to him on friendly terms, so when Joseph told them about the two dreams he had about the brothers and parents bowing down to him, they hated him all the more. In Colossians 4, Paul urges his readers to let their words be seasoned as with salt especially in difficult situations. Today on “In Need of a Refill,” Kevin Smith looks at Genesis 37 and Colossians 4 and the choice people have in dealing with difficult people or situations “Diffusion or Escalation.”
