Joseph - the underdog
I love the story of Joseph, Jacobs son who got sold into Egypt,
in Genesis Chapter 37 verse 4 says:
“And
when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren,
they hated him,
and could not speak peaceably unto him”
We Know that Jacob had many sons and Joseph was loved by his father
the most out of all of them. Also, Joseph having twelve brothers it can only be
imagined how much being hated could have affected him. Later in the same
chapter he seems to have a wonderful relationship with god as he is given visions.
I can see how good joseph heart was and how his father was pleased by him and
god. So Joseph trying to being and good kid was hated the most out of his brothers. I think of how people
with the purest hearts suffer the most suffering than any other and this seems
to be the case for Joseph but I love this story and how the lord is looking out
for Joseph. In Joseph's mind his whole family of brothers betrayed him and sold
him away which I can imagine probably broke Josephs heart. Though Joseph felt
the world was collapsing on him and how so much bad can happen to a good person
im sure he kept trusting in god even through his suffering. And it to Joseph
and his bad luck god allowed that bad to happen to him because it was going to
be for his benefit we can see this in chapter 39 of Genesis verse 2 and 3:
“And the lord was with Joseph, and
he was prosperous man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian”
“and his master saw that the lord
was with him, and that the lord made all that he did prosper in his hand”
So eventually Joseph possibly feeling the lowest of everyone
around him, and continuing to be in somewhat sticky situation like being a prisoner, as he got older he continued to stay close with god and stay faithful,
eventually with a lot of pain and struggle God finally honored him with being governor of Egypt. Joseph “underdog”
was honored and fed millions, even his own brothers who thought of killing him.
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