Read Part One HERE
A PURPOSEFUL LIFE; OLD TESTAMENT STORIES
FROM THE PIT TO THE PALACE
PART X -II
I, Joseph, had so hoped to be able to speak with my master Potiphar about my lost coat... But I was not able to do so... As is his custom, he went to see his wife as soon as he came back home... I was in my room in the servants' quarters... So I did not see him coming home.. I only found out that he was home when one of the other servants came to my room... And told me the master wanted to speak with me... He did not say much... But from the expression on his face I could tell that my master was not in a good mood... I expected the worst... The worst did happen... Worse even than I expected.... When I walked into the room where my master was waiting for me I noticed his angry look... I saw my coat.... He held it in his hands... I wanted to say something to defend myself... But I knew I could not... It was no use... Of course, he would not believe me... I am, after all, only a slave.... Not only that.... I am a Hebrew slave... And Hebrew people are despised by the Egyptians....He looked at me... And told me he could no longer trust me.. My heart broke when I heard him say these words... And he told me he was going to send me to prison.... He was not going to have me executed... But he was going to make sure I could not do any harm to anyone... So he was going to put me in prison... And I would be there for the rest of my life... And that is where I am now.... How could God have allowed this to happen?... I know I am not just in any prison... I am in the prison where the King's prisoners are being held... I am not sure if that makes any difference to my situation... For I am still in prison."... Please read the typed out attachment when you will learn that Joseph is sent to prison...
ATTACHMENT A PURPOSEFUL LIFE; OLD TESTAMENT STORIES
FROM THE PIT TO THE PALACE
PART X II
When Potiphar comes home from his many duties, his wife tells him a story about Joseph's behaviour. He believes his wife, of course, and, consequently, has Joseph put in prison as you can read in Genesis39:19-20a
When his master heard the story his wife told him, saying, "This is how your slave treated me," he burned with anger. Joseph's master took him and put him in prison, the place where the king's prisoners were confined.
Joseph will have never expected to be thrown in prison, especially because he had done the right thing. How could God have allowed this to happen? And what will happen to his God-given dreams? Who will find him now? It is true, he is placed in a prison where only the King's prisoners, the prisoners from Pharao's Court are being held. That fact may not matter to Joseph but to God it matters very much which prison Joseph spends time in as you will find out later on.
Circumstances may have changed for some of you as well. However, just as in the life of Joseph, these new circumstances may not have been in line with what you have asked God for. You may have asked God for easier circumstances. However, it seems He has allowed more difficult circumstances in your life. A far as you know you have done the right things and you should be rewarded accordingly. But that is not what seems to have happened. You want to say to God, "Have you not heard my prayers, God? I have asked you for easier circumstances, not more difficult ones." If that is the case with you then God wants you to know that He has some more issues He wants to deal with in your life and He wants to us these new circumstances in your life as part of your further training.
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