And the children of Israel did so: and Joseph gave them wagons, according to the commandment of Pharaoh, and gave them provision for the way. To all of them he gave each man changes of raiment; but to Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of silver, and five changes of raiment.
	Genesis 45:21–22
The brothers didn’t seem to notice that Benjamin had three hundred more pieces of silver and four more suits than they did. So blown away were they by Joseph’s forgiveness that there was no room for envy or jealousy. I am so looking forward to that time when our greater than Joseph is revealed, when we are living with Jesus, for one of the Heavenly things about Heaven is that everyone will be one thousand percent thrilled for everyone else. Our competition-based society places a high premium on getting ahead. But this is not the way of the Kingdom . . . When the water stirred, the first one into the pool of Siloam would, according to tradition, be the one who would be healed. So what did Jesus do? He didn’t go to the ones close to the pool. He went to the guy in the back, the one who had been there for thirty-eight years, and took him away from the competitive scene altogether (John 5). The reason Joseph’s brothers didn’t even notice that Benjamin was three hundred pieces of silver richer and four suits ahead of them was because they had been forgiven, and earthly riches no longer mattered.

This Daily Devotional is an excerpt from the book "A Pillar By Day" by Pastor Jon. "A Pillar By Day" is a collection of 365 short devotions from the Old Testament books of Genesis through Deuteronomy.