Genesis 40:1–8
The Bible4Jesus.com Podcast
About this episode
We come now to a portion of Joseph's story that many might be tempted to skim over. It appears to be a minor detour, a holding pattern in the grand scheme of his dramatic life. He has been betrayed by his brothers, sold into slavery, falsely accused by a predatory woman, and is now languishing in an Egyptian dungeon. By all human reckoning, his life is a catastrophic failure. The promises of God, delivered in those boyhood dreams, must have seemed like a fever dream from another life. And yet, it is precisely in these forgotten corners, in these dungeons of apparent abandonment, that the sovereignty of God does its most intricate and glorious work. God is never more present than when He seems most absent. Our modern sensibilities are allergic to this kind of narrative. We want a God who works like a vending machine, where faith in equals instant blessing out.