While Joseph was there in the prison, the Lord . . . showed him kindness. (Genesis 39:20,21)Here we have another one of those Bible quotes that just doesn't sound right: While Joseph was in prison, God showed him kindness. I might have had the attitude: If you want to show me kindness, GET ME OUT OF HERE! And yet Joseph was in prison for a substantial length of time - estimates suggest as much as ten years.
Joseph held captive in an African prison seems somehow changed from the young man sporting his brightly colored coat, parading among his brothers that he was his father's favorite. Joseph among the Egyptians is still a confident man, sure of his relationship with God and willing to stand by his dreams, but this Joseph has been humbled through hardship - first being sold into slavery by his own brothers, then being falsely accused of being a sex offender and tossed into prison.
My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the Lord (Isaiah 55:8)
Have you ever been humbled? Did it feel like God was being kind to you?
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