Genesis 37 • Joseph Hated

Jesus was hated without cause. And He promised His followers they would be hated in the same way.

Luke 6

22   “Blessed are you when men hate you, and ostracize you, and insult you, and scorn your name as evil, for the sake of the Son of Man. 

23   “Be glad in that day and leap for joy, for behold, your reward is great in heaven. For in the same way their fathers used to treat the prophets.

Joseph and Jesus’ stories both speak of going from PIT to PALACE—from the lowest place to the highest place, in order to achieve God’s BIG PLAN. 

You, too, will find yourself in the PITS, where everyone and everything seems to have turned against you—unfairly. It might not make sense. It will certainly be heartbreaking in that season of tribulation. But Jesus’ promise is that the final reward will bring unspeakable JOY! 

So, let’s not be too attached to this world. Like Joseph and Jesus, we might have to let it all go and find ourselves with nothing in this world, even cast into a pit, in order to take hold of all that GOD has for us.

Hang in there. Don’t give up hope. The day of your salvation approaches.

Isaiah 25:9 • And it will be said in that day, “Behold, this is our God for whom we have waited that He might save us. This is the LORD for whom we have waited; Let us rejoice and be glad in His salvation.”