Welcome back to RPMDaily. Yesterday, we ended where Joseph had gone from favorite son to favorite slave. Today, we see Joseph go from favorite slave to favorite CEO.
Rejection is always painful, especially when the blow comes from someone we have loved or someone we have helped.
Maybe you are going through rejection right now in your marriage, in a relationship, in your workplace and the pain has become unbearable. No matter how bad the rejection, God can still make you fruitful like he did for Joseph.
Rejection is always painful, especially when the blow comes from someone we have loved or someone we have helped.
Maybe you are going through rejection right now in your marriage, in a relationship, in your workplace and the pain has become unbearable. No matter how bad the rejection, God can still make you fruitful like he did for Joseph.
Let’s also not forget that the skills Joseph developed in Potiphar’s house were more or less what he needed later, to rescue Egypt and the surrounding nations. Similarly, God can teach us valuable lessons and enhance our skills in the midst of rejection and other afflictions. God is in the business of training for reigning.
Joseph walked with the Lord, so much so that God revealed to him a part of the future He had planned for him. Gen. 37 also tells us that Joseph’s father honored him by granting him the family birthrights though he was not the firstborn son, which made him the manager of the household under his father and exempted from daily work.
All the doors seemed wide open to him, until that one day when his brothers acted in hatred. Joseph had done the right things. He had been obedient to God and his father, but it cost him his home and his inheritance. Obedient, but Hated, Joseph Became Fruitful through rejection.
Joseph walked with the Lord, so much so that God revealed to him a part of the future He had planned for him. Gen. 37 also tells us that Joseph’s father honored him by granting him the family birthrights though he was not the firstborn son, which made him the manager of the household under his father and exempted from daily work.
All the doors seemed wide open to him, until that one day when his brothers acted in hatred. Joseph had done the right things. He had been obedient to God and his father, but it cost him his home and his inheritance. Obedient, but Hated, Joseph Became Fruitful through rejection.
Why did Joseph continue to prosper no matter where he was or what he was forced to do? Because God was with him and he held onto his dream. He believed the dream was from God. Joseph may not of known how, but he knew God was going to accomplish what he showed him.
Things went so well for Joseph in that prison, that as a slave, Potiphar put Joseph in charge of his entire household and of everything he owned (Gen.39:4). God in turn blessed Potiphar’s household in abundance, because of Joseph (Gen. 39:5-6). Similarly, even in our afflictions, God can still make us a blessing to others! Joseph’s status had now changed even further. He had moved from being "favorite son" to "favorite slave" and was now Potiphar’s "favorite Executive" (CEO of Potiphar Prison Enterprises).
Things went so well for Joseph in that prison, that as a slave, Potiphar put Joseph in charge of his entire household and of everything he owned (Gen.39:4). God in turn blessed Potiphar’s household in abundance, because of Joseph (Gen. 39:5-6). Similarly, even in our afflictions, God can still make us a blessing to others! Joseph’s status had now changed even further. He had moved from being "favorite son" to "favorite slave" and was now Potiphar’s "favorite Executive" (CEO of Potiphar Prison Enterprises).
ACTION STEP: Take whatever experiences you have had with rejection to the cross. See. Look up at Jesus. See your rejection upon Him. See it nailed to the cross. Remember God loves you. Remember Jesus died for you. Remind yourself that God has a plan for your life. God is bigger than any pit, prison or palace you may find yourself in. Just keep pressing on and working hard, doing your best; for the best is yet to come! You are God's favorite.
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