This Can Be Your Story - Part 8

Joseph was born into an affluent family. He was the son of Jacob who was the son of Isaac who was the son of Abraham. He was born into a family who had multiple encounters with God. Sadly at a very young age he was hated by his own brothers. 

God gave Joseph two separate dreams and in his innocence he told about his dreams. The events that follow later are familiar to us. In each step of his life we can repeatedly see it being mentioned ‘Jehovah was with him’.

I believe if a person is rejected, the next second God accepts him. Many of us are rejected in our own homes. Remember this, God will honour you and take you to a level you cannot imagine. Remember the story of David? 

I have told this many times. When a husband leaves his wife, the wife is not alone. God steps in to take care of her. God is willing to accept you with outstretched arms. 

Another thing we need to understand from Joseph’s life was that, even though people rejected him he never harboured anger against them. 

Genesis 39:5  ‘’From the time he put him in charge of his household and of all that he owned, the Lord blessed the household of the Egyptian because of Joseph. The blessing of the Lord was on everything Potiphar had, both in the house and in the field.’

Potiphar was blessed because of Joseph. If you are a child of God, then the place where you work or study and your family is blessed because of you. 

Genesis 39:6 ‘So Potiphar left everything he had in Joseph’s care; with Joseph in charge, he did not concern himself with anything except the food he ate.’

If you get a promise from God, there is a process for it to come into fulfilment. 

Promised possession is a process. 

The day you get a promise from God, your training starts. Looking back at David’s life, right after Samuel anointed him, David had to run for his life. 
It is after many years that David becomes the king. 

God will let us go through many difficult situations to train us. Why is that? It is more difficult to handle success than failure. God takes us through a season to equip us to handle the reward kept for us. If God has planned to use you for greater things, you need to be faithful in the little. 

Joseph was going to be raised to the level of the Prime Minister at a young age. Hence he had to go through a very difficult season.

I always say ‘the way up is the way down’.

Summary

People might reject you and plan on ways to harm you. Rejection is not the end of your story. When you feel rejected, God accepts you. He steps in to take care of you. And that should be your confidence.

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About The Author:

Dr. Damien Antony
Born and brought up in a Christian family, Dr. Damien Antony possessed an unquenching quest for truth right from his boyhood days and eventually his relentless search led him to the Bible. He is a Revival Preacher, Bible Teacher, Leadership Trainer, Author and a Life Coach. He moves under the anointing for Prophetic, Healing, Deliverance, Inner Healing and Financial Breakthrough. God has also blessed him with an Apostolic Mandate to take the Universal Body of Christ to the next level of revelation and anointing.