Genesis 41:43-45
New International Version (NIV)
43 Pharaoh had Joseph ride in a chariot as his second-in-command, and people shouted before him, “Make way!” Thus he put him in charge of the whole land of Egypt.
44 Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I am Pharaoh, but without your word no one will lift hand or foot in all Egypt.” 45 Pharaoh gave Joseph the name Zaphenath-Paneah and gave him Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest of On, to be his wife. And Joseph went throughout the land of Egypt.
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This is a pretty impressive leap for a man from the dungeons of Pharaoh's prison! Not too long ago he might have been wondering whether Pharaoh (and perhaps God) had forgotten him in the depths of prison. Now? Now, he's riding high, favored in the land and never in need of a thing that will not instantly be provided to him.
In times like this, it's easy to forget that we need God just as much as we did in the depths of prison. We humans have a tendency to forget about God when all is right with the world--we forget about how we ever made it as far as we did, we forget that without God, we'd never make it out of bed in the morning! We forget that we utterly depend on God for everything, and then we lead ourselves smack into the middle of temptation and find ourselves in a mess, when suddenly we remember God's endless love!
So may we stay faithful, clinging to God's promises, in good times and bad!
Blessings
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