Read Part One HERE
A PURPOSEFUL LIFE; OLD TESTAMENT STORIES
FROM THE PIT TO THE PALACE
PART VIII
"I, Joseph have begun to look like a real Egyptian... I dress like an Egyptian... I talk like an Egyptian... But I am not an Egyptian... I am a Hebrew... My father is Jacob... Every day I pray to my God, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, that one day I will be re-united with my family... Perhaps one day God will answer my prayer... I know, though, that my God is with me even here in Egypt... I do not understand why I am here.... But I do know that God is watching over me even here... I am no longer the favourite son of my father... I am only a slave of my master Potiphar.... But God has given me favour with my master.... He has now placed me in charge of his whole household... I wonder if he views me more like a son than a slave... Perhaps one day he will release me and send me back to my family in Canaan... After all, God has given me two dreams... In both dreams my family bows down to me... These dreams can only be fulfilled if I am with them... I am now in Egypt.... And they are in Canaan.... These dreams can, therefore, not be fulfilled here, in Egypt... I am sure God will move me somewhere one day... Perhaps he will do it through my master Potiphar."... Please read the typed out attachment when you will learn that Joseph completely earns the trust of his master Potiphar....
ATTACHMENT A PURPOSEFUL LIFEL OLD TESTAMENT STORIES
FROM THE PIT TO THE PALACE
PART VIII
Things do look good, though, for Joseph because he has great favour with his master Potiphar. Over time Joseph may well have begun to hope that one day Potiphar will give him back his freedom and allow him to return home so that his God-given dreams can be fulfilled. After all, he has earned this man's complete trust as you can read in Genesis 39:2-6a
The Lord was with Joseph and he prospered and lived in the house of his Egyptian master. When his master saw that the Lord was with him and that the Lord gave him success in everything he did, Joseph found favour in his eyes and became his attendant. Potiphar put him in charge of his household, and he entrusted to his care everything he owned. From the time he put him in charge of his household and of all that he owned, the Lord blessed the household of the Egyptian because of Joseph. The blessing of the Lord was on everything Potiphar had, both in the house and in the field. So he left in Joseph's care everything he had; with Joseph in charge he did not concern himself with anything except the food he ate.
It lools like Joseph is more like a son to Potiphar than a slave... or is he?
Read Part Nine HERE
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