The Coat of Many Colors

The coat of many colors Was a story I was told About a young boy named Joseph Who for jealousy was sold Into slavery by his brothers And brought to a distant land Where pyramids and idols stood In a land of palms and sand The years he spent were lonely ones Away from Jacob’s tent Not knowing it was in God’s plan To Egypt he be sent To save the whole world from a drought And the famine that would be And bring his family to the land To fulfill the prophecy Four hundred years the Israelites Would serve on Egyptian soil Until a man named Moses came And freed them from their toil Because of a coat of many colors That Jacob gave his son The freedom of God’s people By faith was finally won Now you may think that this tale Ended thousands of years ago But here’s one thing that I think That all of you should know You never know the purposes God has in each our lives He doesn’t tell us everything And many things he hides Until we go through the trial We only see in part When coming out the other side It’s then we see God’s heart.