Joseph had faith and trust in God knowing "that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to His purpose." (Romans 8:28)
Joseph was envied by jealous brothers and thrown in a pit, hauled out and sold into slavery, falsely accused and thrown into prison. From start to finish, he was innocent, and faithful to God.
It was by these trials and tests... that God perfected Joseph, preparing him to be used in a great way.
The Lord was with him through it all, elevating him in every situation. Finally, God elevated him to rule over all of Egypt, making him a savior in a world wide famine.
When Joseph was given the opportunity for vengeance upon his brothers, he responded with mercy.
Joseph's crowning statement:
Genesis 45:4 And Joseph said unto his brethren, Come near to me, I pray you. And they came near. And he said, I [am] Joseph your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt. Genesis 45:5 Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life...Genesis 45:7 And God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance. Genesis 45:8 So now [it was] not you [that] sent me hither, but God: and he hath made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt.
Romans 8:28 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to [his] purpose.
Joseph was envied by jealous brothers and thrown in a pit, hauled out and sold into slavery, falsely accused and thrown into prison. From start to finish, he was innocent, and faithful to God.
It was by these trials and tests... that God perfected Joseph, preparing him to be used in a great way.
The Lord was with him through it all, elevating him in every situation. Finally, God elevated him to rule over all of Egypt, making him a savior in a world wide famine.
When Joseph was given the opportunity for vengeance upon his brothers, he responded with mercy.
Joseph's crowning statement:
Genesis 45:4 And Joseph said unto his brethren, Come near to me, I pray you. And they came near. And he said, I [am] Joseph your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt. Genesis 45:5 Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life...Genesis 45:7 And God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance. Genesis 45:8 So now [it was] not you [that] sent me hither, but God: and he hath made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt.
Romans 8:28 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to [his] purpose.
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