Religion & Spirituality
JOSEPH: WHEN YOUR SETBACKS SET OTHERS FREEIT’S NOT OVER – Part 3 Genesis 37-50“You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good” Genesis 50:20Much of Joseph’s life included a series of painful setbacks from his dream to do great things with his life. But God used them to position Joseph for a spectacular comeback that saved 2 entire nations: Israel & Egypt1st SETBACK: GROWING UP IN A HOME WHERE HE WAS IGNORED AND MISTREATED BY HIS SIBLINGSGenesis 37:3-5 2nd SETBACK: BEING TOSSED INTO THE PIT OF REJECTIONGenesis 37:18-20Genesis 37:21-243rd SETBACK: BEING SOLD OUT FOR MONEYGenesis 37:26-284th SETBACK: LOSING HIS IDENTITYGenesis 37:31-35 5th SETBACK: FORCED TO TAKE A JOB HE DIDN’T WANT“Meanwhile, in Egypt, the traders sold Joseph to be a slave of Potiphar, a man who was an officer of Pharaoh, the king of Egypt.” Genesis 37:366th SETBACK: BEING PUNISHED FOR DOING THE RIGHT THING Genesis 39:6b-19 7th SETBACK: BEING FORGOTTEN BY PEOPLE HE HELPEDGenesis 40:1-23Genesis 40:14-15, 23 WHAT MADE JOSEPH SO RESILIENT?HE DEPENDED ON GOD’S PRESENCE NO MATTER WHERE HE WASIN THE PITActs 7:9 Genesis 39:1-2 AT POTIPHAR’S Genesis 39:3-5IN PRISONGenesis 39:20-22“The jailer did not have to worry about anything for which Joseph was responsible, because THE LORD WAS WITH JOSEPH and whatever he did, was blessed. God made him succeed in everything he did.” Genesis 39:23 HE DEPENDED ON GOD’S PLAN & PROMISE NO MATTER HOW LONG IT TOOKGenesis 50:19-20 HE DEPENDED ON GOD’S HELP IN EVERY CHALLENGEGenesis 41:15-16Genesis 41:39-44