“But as for you, you meant evil against me; but God meant it for good.” (Genesis 50:20)
You’ve been through so much for so long. You thought you’d never get here. You thought you’d
never see with your own eyes the purpose behind the pain that has weighed you down for
years. Every day, you carried the weight of anxiety, heartbreak, bitterness, rejection, and
uncertainty. The future felt unknown, bleak even—filled with struggle and what seemed
downright cruel at times.
Satan wants you to stop believing when the darkness comes. But Joseph’s story is proof of
what can happen when you keep believing anyway. My friend, I’m here to tell you: God is
always doing something. When the struggle stretches into a year, five years, ten years—or
even decades—it’s hard to keep holding on. One of our most significant challenges is that we
often hang on to the wrong kind of hope. We create our own plans for how we think life should
go, and when God doesn’t follow them, we feel abandoned.
But your plan is not the one God is following—and that’s mercy. God will not propel you forward
until your character matches the calling He has graciously given you. What we must do is what
Joseph did, even after betrayal, slavery, false accusation, and imprisonment:
He trusted God.
Even when he couldn’t see or understand the outcome, Joseph believed God was still at work.
Every pit, prison cell, and painful delay held purpose.
“But remember me when it is well with you, and please show kindness to me; make mention of
me to Pharaoh, and get me out of this house. For indeed I was stolen away from the land of the
Hebrews; and also I have done nothing here that they should put me into the dungeon. Yet the
chief butler did not remember Joseph, but forgot him.” (Genesis 40:14, 15, 23)
Sometimes belief isn’t loud or confident. It’s quiet. It’s choosing, in stillness, to hold on for one
more day. Belief whispers, I don’t understand this, Lord, but I trust You’re moving and
rearranging the pieces so that one day I will.
Today, you might find yourself in your own valley—a pit that feels like home, a dungeon you fear
you’ll never escape. But God’s promises still stand, even when you feel forgotten. The danger
lies in trusting your feelings more than His truth. Remember—rejection is often God’s
protection. Because Joseph believed, he was eventually exalted to the very purpose God had
prepared for him all along.
“So Pharaoh asked them, “Can we find such a one as this, a man in whom is the Spirit of God?”
Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Inasmuch as God has shown you all this, there is no one as
discerning and wise as you. You shall be over my house, and all my people shall be ruled
according to your word; only in regard to the throne will I be greater than you.” And Pharaoh
said to Joseph, “See, I have set you over all the land of Egypt.”
(Genesis 41:38–41)
What was intended to harm you, God intends for your good.
Reflect:
Where is God asking you to believe again, even when you cannot see how the story will end?
Remember:
“Blessed is she who believed, for there will be a fulfillment of those things which were told her
from the Lord.” (Luke 1:45)
Rejoice:
🎵 “Day by Day”
“Strength I find to meet my trials here.”
All scripture quotations taken from New Kings James Version, NKJV.
Sandell-Berg. Day by Day, 1865
