đź“– As time went on, it happened that the cupbearer and the baker of the king of Egypt crossed their master, the king of Egypt. Pharaoh was furious with his two officials, the head cupbearer and the head baker, and put them in custody under the captain of the guard; it was the same jail where Joseph was held. The captain of the guard assigned Joseph to see to their needs.
After they had been in custody for a while, the king’s cupbearer and baker, while being held in the jail, both had a dream on the same night, each dream having its own meaning. When Joseph arrived in the morning, he noticed that they were feeling low. So he asked them, the two officials of Pharaoh who had been thrown into jail with him, “What’s wrong? Why the long faces?”
They said, “We dreamed dreams and there’s no one to interpret them.”
Joseph said, “Don’t interpretations come from God? Tell me the dreams.”
—Genesis 40:1-8 The Message
Joseph was a man who was falsely imprisoned. He could have been bitter. He could have had an angry countenance. Instead of allowing his circumstances to get him down, he continued to serve as unto the Lord. He served Potiphar with a spirit of excellence even though his brothers had sold him to slavery. Now he was serving the prisoners in prison. Joseph allowed his actions to demonstrate his trust in God and God’s plan for his life. He saw the Hand of God as a slave, and he was seeing the Hand of God in the prison. Joseph did not allow his circumstances to make him unhappy. He chose to make the best of where he was. There was a knowing that things would eventually turn around. When you are walking with God, regardless of where you are, eventually, things will turn around. Things will not remain the same, if it doesn’t line up with the Word of God. Don’t allow your circumstances to steal your joy. If you can see it, it is temporary. It is subject to change. It will not always be this way. It will eventually get better. It did for Joseph, and it will for you. We walk by faith and not by sight.
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