Joseph’s brothers were jealous in addition to hateful. They threw Joseph into a pit in addition to planned to allow him top of starvation or creature ready on (Genesis 37:23-32).
While he was pleading from the pit, they sat downwardly in addition to ate, in addition to "logically" determined it was amend to sell Joseph every bit a slave than to larn out him to top (Genesis 42:21)!
So they watched every bit their picayune brother's cervix was set inwards an Fe in addition to his feet were set inwards shackles, in addition to they went habitation in addition to told their manlike mortal rear lies (Psalm 105:17-19).
Joseph didn't encounter his identify unit of measurement over again for 22 years, in addition to xiii of those years he spent enslaved or inwards prison theatre for a criminal offence he didn’t commit.
God used these keen evils to hit keen grapheme inwards Joseph, making him a homo of superior faith, forgiveness, in addition to fortitude.(1)
God could accept made Joseph’s path easier, only Joseph proved that God tin give the axe purpose the worst circumstances for expert (Genesis 50:20; Romans 8:28).
If God tin give the axe hit it for Joseph, He tin give the axe hit it for you!
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(1) God never causes people to sin, only He tin give the axe purpose whatsoever province of affairs for our expert (James 1:13).
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