Our problems are not necessarily what will bring us down! Many use their problems as excuses to give up and justify their lack of results or actions. However, it is actually the way we respond to problems and challenges that determine our victories or defeats. Consider Joseph in the Old Testament. He was hated by his brothers so they sold him into slavery. He was then falsely accused of rape and ended up in prison. He then correctly interpreted a troublesome dream that a butler had, and the butler was restored to his service to Pharaoh. But even that butler forgot Joseph. He spent two more years before he interpreted Pharaoh’s dream, and found great favor with Pharaoh. The Pharaoh promoted Joseph to the highest position in the land just second to Pharaoh himself. But consider this: Joseph remained faithful to God in the midst of the pit and the prison, so God prospered him even though he was a slave and a prisoner. Ultimately, God raised him up as a lord and ruler throughout all of the land of Egypt. So once again I repeat, our problems are not necessarily what will bring us down! Re-assess the way you have been responding to problems, and ensure that you are staying faithful to God and His promises. The time is soon coming when God will shift you into your “promotion,” and all those that have written you off will marvel at God’s goodness in your life. Restoration is on its way!
Genesis 45: 4-5, 8 “And Joseph said to his brothers, “Please come near to me.” So they came near. Then he said: “I am Joseph your brother, whom you sold into Egypt. But now, do not therefore be grieved or angry with yourselves because you sold me here; for God sent me before you to preserve life. So now it was not you who sent me here, but God; and He has made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt”
