For indeed I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews: and here also have I done nothing that they should put me into the dungeon. – Genesis 40:15 You’re not supposed to be here…but you are. So the question is: What are you going to do about being somewhere that you’re “not …
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Keep doing the right thing
Yet did not the chief butler remember Joseph, but forgat him. – Genesis 40:23 Just because the Butler forgot you doesn’t mean that God has. He’s working all things together for your good (Romans 8:28)…and part of that involves timing. You’re not in this by yourself. Keep your expectation high, keep being who God created …
Ask a question
And he asked Pharaoh’s officers that were with him in the ward of his lord’s house, saying, Wherefore look ye so sadly to day? – Genesis 40:7 Why do you look sad today? This question (paraphrased) unlocked the door on a conversation which led into an opportunity for Joseph to exercise his gift and have …
The place of restriction
And he put them in ward in the house of the captain of the guard, into the prison, the place where Joseph was bound. – Genesis 40:3 The place where Joseph was bound, was the place that the Baker and the butler were brought to meet him. The place of restriction, shame and injustice was …
Bare what you have
And God said unto him, I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins; – Genesis 35:11 Be fruitful and multiply. Two different things. Two different activities. To be fruitful means to “bear much fruit” (John 15:16) …
When your heart is overwhelmed
From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock that is higher than I. – Psalm 61:2 When your heart is overwhelmed. When, not “if”. When that happens, the good news is that you’ve got a rock that is higher than you. You …
Hide your baby
And the woman conceived, and bare a son: and when she saw him that he was a goodly child, she hid him three months. – Exodus 2:2 When you’ve got something beautiful and vulnerable that others are trying to kill…hide your baby. When you find yourself pregnant with dreams, ideas, destiny and purpose in the …
Enough is enough
For she said within herself, If I may but touch his garment, I shall be whole. – Matthew 9:21 Enough is enough! That’s what you’ve got to decide on the inside in order for things to change. You don’t need to know how they’ll change, or even have any of the stuff you think you …
Stupid vows
With whomsoever thou findest thy gods, let him not live: before our brethren discern thou what is thine with me, and take it to thee. For Jacob knew not that Rachel had stolen them. – Genesis 31:32 Jephthah made one in Judges 11. Herod made one in Matthew 14:7. And other characters throughout history, and …
It’s not about the venison
Go now to the flock, and fetch me from thence two good kids of the goats; and I will make them savoury meat for thy father, such as he loveth: – Genesis 27:9 It’s not about the venison, it’s about the savoury meat. It’s not about the savoury meat, it’s about the different levels of …