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Genesis 41:9\u201310,<\/b> The chief butler spoke. <\/i><\/b>Here the chief butler is recounting the events to Pharaoh of how he ended up in prison as if Pharaoh weren\u2019t aware of these facts. It is quite possible that this was a new Pharaoh, and the Pharaoh who had put the butler in prison was now dead. If so, then this new Pharaoh was very young, since in Genesis 45:8 Joseph, who by now would have been at least in his late 30s, refers to himself as \u201ca father to Pharaoh.\u201d<\/p>\n

YHVH\u2019s timing is perfect. Do you have the trust in YHVH to believe that for your life? Had the chief butler remembered Joseph prior to this how would things have been different for Joseph? Would he have had the chance to interpret Pharaoh\u2019s dream? Would he have returned to Canaan? How would the history of the nation of Israel been different? Would YHVH\u2019s purposes have been fulfilled?<\/p>\n

Genesis 41:16, Elohim.<\/i><\/b> By this time, Joseph had endured multiple false accusations, murder attempts, enslavement and imprisonment. A man of lesser spiritual stature than Joseph might have lost his faith in Elohim along the way.<\/p>\n

In this verse, what is the evidence that he hadn\u2019t given up hope in his Heavenly Father, and that he had not lost sight of the dreams and promises that YHVH had made to him many years earlier?<\/p>\n

As a form of witnessing, do you give honor to YHVH whenever you can\u2014even to strangers as Joseph did? The fact that Joseph was able to proclaim his faith in front of one of the most powerful monarchs of his day is evidence of his strong and abiding faith in and fear of YHVH even in spite of years of mistreatment and false accusations.<\/p>\n

Joseph is a powerful and encouraging example to the down-trodden of the world who have been persecuted for the their faith. It is<\/i> possible to maintain faith in YHVH even in spite of dire circumstances, even as Joseph did.<\/p>\n

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