How humbling it is to know God is with us, too! God was with him in times of persecution, responsibility, temptation, of slander, and suffering. When the Bible says that, “God was with him,” it means that God was for him, working on his behalf. However, in Genesis 50:20, when confronted by his brothers, Joseph said: “As for you, you thought evil against me but God meant it unto good.” God allows us to have difficulties in life He does not cause these things, but wherever man rules, God overrules. He’s falsely accused and thrown in prison. Adrian Rogers says, “You don’t find the will of God God’s will finds you.” Joseph endured his God-given difficulties. We must present ourselves to Him and ask Him for the mind of Christ. ![]() ![]() How can we know what we are supposed to hope for? God has not promised to fulfill our fantasies rather, He has plans for us and wants us to dream God-given dreams. When Joseph was just a teenager, God put a dream into his heart. When we refuse to conform, it resents our nobility in the Lord Jesus Christ. Romans 12:2 says, “Be not conformed to this world.” The world wants to squeeze us into its mold. When God saved us, God made us different we are somebody in his sight. His brothers hated him because he would not conform. Joseph was different, distinct by his nobility. Joseph expressed his God-given difference. The Bible says, “.the Lord was with him.” (Genesis 39) There are four principles in Genesis 37 that reveal how to prosper like Joseph. No matter what happened to him, Joseph practiced the presence of God. Perhaps the most Christ-like character in the Old Testament was Joseph. The secret to an abundant life is practicing the presence of God.
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