23 June - Genesis 40

We’re reading Genesis chapter 40 together today.

1. The chapter opens with some unfortunate news for a couple people who worked for the pharaoh who were put in prison. In this sequence of events we see that Joseph has been trusted by the guards and raised to the highest position available in prison.
2. We also see by Joseph’s interaction with the prisoners that he still trusted God.
3. Joseph interpreted their dreams for them. Joseph’s only request was for the cupbearer to remember to tell the Pharaoh about him and try to get him out of prison but he forgot Joseph.

How amazing is it that Joseph was still fully trusting and following God in the midst of being sold into slavery, falsely accused of rape and thrown into prison being completely innocent? Honestly, he had many reasons to be mad at God but instead he chose to trust him. How quickly to we get mad at God over sometimes trivial things? Ask God to help you trust him more and keep following along to see how things pan out for Joseph.