The LORD was with Joseph. —Genesis 39:2
As the favored son of eleven brothers, Joseph had been singled out by his father, Jacob, and lavished with affection and gifts. However, that favor incurred the jealousy of his brothers, who threw him in a pit and then sold him to passing merchants.
How could Joseph have seen that these tragic events were not random acts but carefully scripted scenes in a great, eternal drama of redemption? Of course, he could not. From his finite point of view, all Joseph could have known was what he faced in the moment.
From our vantage point over three millennia later, we can see God’s purposes carefully being brought to pass in and through Joseph’s life. But for him at the time, there must have been little more than unanswered questions, unjust circumstances over which he had no control, continuing year after year.
Yet we know something important about Joseph’s situation—something he could only have grasped by faith. We know “the LORD was with Joseph” (Gen. 39:2). That reality made all the difference in the world and in the outcome of Joseph’s story.
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You Can Trust God to Write Your Story
©2019 Revived Hearts Foundation and Robert D. Wolgemuth
Scripture taken from The CSB
Make it Personal
As you look back on difficult seasons of your life, what evidence do you see that the Lord was with you?