"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." v14
Genesis 40:1-23 NKJV
Have you ever been falsely accused? If you have, then you will know the anguish and frustration it causes to both yourself and those around you. Joseph was totally innocent. He had been rejected by his brothers and sold into slavery. After getting a good position in Potiphar's house, he is falsely accused of attempted rape by Potiphar's wife and then placed inside prison. Sometimes it can seem that everyone is against you. These false accusations can ruin our reputations and follow people around all their lives. People hear about it and most, believe it to be true.
Fortunately for Joseph, God was with him and raised him up in the prison to be in charge, under the prison keeper. The keeper would have been only too pleased to take a back seat and let Joseph take the responsibility. It is possible, but not recorded, that Potiphar, who placed Jospeh in prison, had given a good word about him to the keeper, thus giving him an elevated position. This would have proved that he mistrusted his wife.
Joseph got on with his prison work and one day, two new people turned up, the chief butler and the chief baker, again by the captain of the guard, which could well have been Potiphar. They had angered Pharaoh and were now paying the penalty for this.
After a while, Joseph noticed that they looked very sad and they said that they had both had dreams, but no one could give them the meaning of them. Joseph, who was a dreamer and had the gift of interpreting them, gave them both the meanings. Joseph told the chief butler that he would be freed in 3 days and reinstated to his position. However, in 3 days time, the chief baker would be hanged. Joseph pleaded with the chief butler to mention Him to Pharaoh, but he forgot. v23.
It must have been agony for Joseph, waiting to see if the chief butler had spoken of him to Pharaoh. He could well have been having mind games, thinking he would soon be freed and allowed to go back to his home. Agony after agony, but it didn't come at that time.
When we are mistreated, falsely accused and generally treated very unfairly, we often wait for the perpetuators to be punished. Revenge can be rife if we allow it. The thing is though, God cannot work on our behalf when our attitudes are like this. We need to trust in verses such as, 'Casting all your care upon Him for He cares for you' 1 Peter 5:7. If you don't hang on to these life verses, then you are sunk. God's word to you today, is to hang in there. He is setting things in place for your release from this bad time. He has not forgotten you. You are very much on His mind.
Copyriight 2021 Grahame Howard
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