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[3409.04 --> 3410.44] And he was granted favor. |
[3412.92 --> 3414.18] God was with Joseph |
[3414.18 --> 3415.18] even in slavery |
[3415.18 --> 3416.66] and in imprisonment. |
[3417.02 --> 3417.32] However, |
[3417.32 --> 3417.80] there's something |
[3417.80 --> 3418.86] that needs your attention here. |
[3418.92 --> 3419.30] Something that needs |
[3419.30 --> 3420.34] all of our attention here. |
[3420.40 --> 3422.04] It's easy to look at the story |
[3422.04 --> 3422.92] and read it and think, |
[3423.00 --> 3424.08] oh, God was with him |
[3424.08 --> 3425.56] and gave him favor. |
[3426.28 --> 3427.54] Oh, God was with him |
[3427.54 --> 3428.84] and gave him kindness |
[3428.84 --> 3429.76] and prosperity. |
[3430.34 --> 3431.84] As if God's presence |
[3431.84 --> 3432.86] must include |
[3432.86 --> 3434.14] some kind of prosperity |
[3434.14 --> 3434.90] in your life. |
[3436.10 --> 3437.16] And we can read the story |
[3437.16 --> 3438.30] and we can falsely conclude |
[3438.30 --> 3439.30] that if prosperity |
[3439.30 --> 3440.22] is not present, |
[3440.58 --> 3441.22] well, then God |
[3441.22 --> 3442.32] must not be present either. |
[3443.54 --> 3444.90] But that's just not true. |
[3444.90 --> 3447.66] prosperity and presence |
[3447.66 --> 3448.46] don't correlate. |
[3449.58 --> 3449.98] Remember, |
[3450.08 --> 3451.08] even in this story, |
[3451.58 --> 3452.96] even in this story, |
[3453.26 --> 3454.56] Joseph was still a slave. |
[3455.32 --> 3456.68] He was still a prisoner. |
[3457.38 --> 3458.40] He was still out |
[3458.40 --> 3459.34] of his father's house. |
[3459.58 --> 3460.26] He was still living |
[3460.26 --> 3460.76] in a land |
[3460.76 --> 3461.76] that was foreign to him. |
[3463.64 --> 3465.40] And so favor and prosperity, |
[3465.66 --> 3466.56] even in this context, |
[3466.64 --> 3467.14] is relative. |
[3467.14 --> 3470.10] But the Lord was with him. |
[3471.66 --> 3472.98] Prosperity does not correlate |
[3472.98 --> 3473.78] with presence. |
[3473.88 --> 3475.36] The Bible has so many examples |
[3475.36 --> 3476.38] of God's presence |
[3476.38 --> 3477.46] with his people |
[3477.46 --> 3478.90] despite a complete lack |
[3478.90 --> 3479.56] of prosperity. |
[3480.34 --> 3481.82] Think of people like Elijah |
[3481.82 --> 3482.90] or Jeremiah |
[3482.90 --> 3484.02] or Ruth. |
[3484.20 --> 3484.98] There's lots more. |
[3486.24 --> 3487.54] Joseph was favored by God. |
[3487.62 --> 3487.80] Yes, |
[3488.12 --> 3489.36] even in his suffering. |
[3491.66 --> 3493.16] By his faithfulness, |
[3493.24 --> 3494.20] he garnered favor |
[3494.20 --> 3495.36] in both Potiphar's house |
[3495.36 --> 3496.34] and in prison. |
[3496.34 --> 3497.92] But earlier in the story, |
[3498.44 --> 3499.80] God was present with him still, |
[3500.06 --> 3500.66] even when he was |
[3500.66 --> 3501.54] in the bottom of that well. |
[3503.66 --> 3504.34] In his richest |
[3504.34 --> 3505.28] and in his poorest, |
[3505.42 --> 3506.00] his abundance |
[3506.00 --> 3506.78] and his loss, |
[3506.84 --> 3507.46] in his blessing |
[3507.46 --> 3508.50] and his suffering, |
[3508.78 --> 3509.94] God was with Joseph. |
[3511.08 --> 3512.02] Even after he was |
[3512.02 --> 3512.88] falsely accused, |
[3513.04 --> 3514.14] when no one believed him, |
[3514.28 --> 3515.02] and he was lonely |
[3515.02 --> 3515.60] once again, |
[3516.42 --> 3517.30] Joseph was in fact |
[3517.30 --> 3517.82] not alone. |
[3520.72 --> 3521.92] I've never been a slave |
[3521.92 --> 3522.62] or a prisoner. |
[3522.76 --> 3523.02] Apparently, |
[3523.12 --> 3523.64] none of our kids |
[3523.64 --> 3524.44] have ever been prisoners |
[3524.44 --> 3524.84] either. |
[3526.34 --> 3527.44] But I do think |
[3527.44 --> 3528.56] loneliness is something |
[3528.56 --> 3529.96] that we can all relate to. |
[3531.78 --> 3532.48] I know I've had. |
[3532.50 --> 3533.20] I've had an experience |
[3533.20 --> 3533.68] in my life |
[3533.68 --> 3534.38] where I was very lonely. |
[3534.50 --> 3535.14] There was this season |
[3535.14 --> 3536.02] in life where I felt |
[3536.02 --> 3536.88] incredibly alone. |
[3537.00 --> 3537.84] It was the year |
[3537.84 --> 3538.62] after I graduated |
[3538.62 --> 3539.34] from high school. |
[3539.58 --> 3541.06] I did all my schooling |
[3541.06 --> 3542.46] in Victoria, B.C. |
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