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He had dreams.
No doubt about it. Not just hopes of something he wanted, but the kind of dreams God puts down in your heart. Dreams you believe will happen tomorrow, because dreams from God? That is a sure thing! He never saw it coming. Rejection. betrayal. Like a knife to the gut he found those whom he loved, those whom he trusted, were not really for him at all. Forget the belonging he once longed for, they must have felt their lives would be so much better if he would simply just "go away". So the manipulation begin, they would tell their Father an animal attacked Joseph while selling him in to slavery far away from their home without a thought of what would become of his. One would think this was the hardest part of Joseph's story, it was certainly the most painful. Lost. Confused. What about the dreams? Were they not from God? He had been so certain, God had spoke, but look at things now. Through even more misfortune Joseph finds himself in prison. Not just for days, or months, but for years. What type of man does not lose faith when their life is on pause in as hopeless a place as prison? It was not just trauma and then the promise, but trauma followed by years of not much worth mentioning before the promise ever came. Years of trusting. Years of choosing faith over fear. Years of God building character that could no longer be subject to man's opinion and through the experience of being misjudged by others he learned to live simply for God alone. He learned more than just the eager dreams of a young boy, but the faithfulness of a man of God. God instilled in him all he would need to reach the promise, during these barely mentioned years. Some of us may have them too. Years to trust. Years to grow and mature. Years to prepare for God's purpose and our promise. Too many people walk away in the season only mentioned in a few a verses between the pain and the promise of Joseph. If this is you, if you are currently "on pause" let patience have its perfect work, and resolve yourself to remember God always delivers on His promises. Let Him lead and lean hard on the one who has promised to go with you, even in these silent years. "But the Lord was with Joseph and showed him mercy, and He gave him favour in the sight of the keeper of the prison" Genesis 39:21 \
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