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A PURPOSEFUL LIFE OLD TESTAMENT STORIES
FROM THE PIT TO THE PALACE
PART XVI
"I, Joseph, finished my conversation with the chief cupbearer... I then turned to the baker... He too is in the same prison that I am in because Pharaoh sent him here... He too had a dream... And he shared his dream with me... He shared with me that in his dream he carried three baskets of bread... In the top basket were all kinds of baked goods for Pharaoh.. He shared as well with me that birds were eating the baked goods out of that top basket... The Lord then showed me that, sadly, after three days his life would come to an end... I had no choice but to tell him so... The baker accepted my explanation of his dream... For the next three days I continued to take care of him... They were then both released from prison... The chief cupbearer went back to Court to serve Pharaoh... The chief baker lost his life... I continue to serve the prisoners who are with me in the prison.... All I can do is dream of the day that I will be released... I pray that it will be soon."... Please read the typed out attachment when you will learn that the chief baker shared his dream with Joseph....
ATTACHMENT A PURPOSEFUL LIFE; OLD TESTAMENT STORIES
FROM THE PIT TO THE PALACE
PART XVI
Having given the chief cupbearer, who is with Joseph in the prison he was put in by his master Potiphar, the interpretation of his dream, Joseph then turned to the baker to learn about his dream. Unfortunately, the outcome of his dream was not at all favourable as you can read in Genesis 40:16-19
When the chief baker saw that Joseph had given a favourable interpretation, he said to Joseph, "I too had a dream. On my heads were three baskets of bread. In the top basket were all kinds of baked goods for Pharaoh but the birds were eating them out of the basket on my head." "This is what it means, "Joseph said, "The three baskets are three days. Within three days Pharaoh will lift off your head and hang you on a tree. And the birds will eat away your flesh."
These two men have been put into the prison where only the King's prisoners are being held because they have been serving at Pharaoh's Court. God has made sure that Joseph is in the same prison so he can meet them. God then gives both men a dream and gives Joseph the interpretation. Everything works out exactly as Joseph has foretold; the baker is hanged and the chief cupbearer is reinstated in his position at Pharaoh's Court. Joseph is convinced that God will use the chief cupbearerer to help him come out of prison and so he waits to hear from Pharaoh's court. Day after day he expects someone to knock on his cell door to tell him, "Joseph get dressed, the Pharaoh is expecting you." But days turn into weeks. Weeks turn into months and no one ever comes to get him.... Surely, God must have forgotten him and the dreams He had given him. After all, thirteen years have passed since he had been sold into slavery...
Some of you may have come to believe that surely your training time has come to an end for it seems God has begun to put things into your life which might take you out of your circumstances. After all, it is not your fault that you are in your circumstances. You have done nothing to deserve them. But then, like Joseph, you have been waiting and waiting for a change to come but nothing has happened. At last you give up. God must have forgotten you and the desires He has placed in your heart. After all, it has been a long time since you first had these desires....
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