In the rat hole !

Wednesday March 16, 2022

In the rat hole !

Genesis 40.14 and 15 (BFC) – Try not to forget me, when everything is going well for you ; be good enough to tell Pharaoh about me and get me out of this prison. I was forcibly brought from the land of the Hebrews, and here I have done nothing that deserves prison.

When we think of the story of Joseph, we all remember his glorious end as prime minister of Egypt, but we often forget the dark times he had to go through. In our verse, Joseph is in prison for a "crime" which he did not commit and even if he obtained, because the favor of God was on him, a privileged status in this prison, he does not nevertheless remains a slave in prison likely to spend the rest of his life there.

Things seem to finally come to a head when he receives the explanation of the dreams from two servants of Pharaoh's court. But despite his request, expressed in our verses for the day, nothing more will happen for two years. Can we imagine a little what went through Joseph's head ? Unjustly in prison, forgotten by the person to whom he had done good, a blocked and dark future, the memory of his own dream must have been far away ! He must have been dogged by discouragement and doubt, he was just a human being like you and me. He may have even succumbed to the temptation to resign himself by saying to himself : "This dream was not from God, I must have taken my desires for God's plan, I will end up in this rat hole".

Why two years, no one knows except God. But one thing is certain, and that is that in a single day, Joseph regained his dignity as a man and was placed at the highest possible rank in Egypt.

We don't know how long you've been in "jail". We do not know the "dream" that God has placed on your heart, we do not know if you still hope for it or if you have sunk into discouragement. But what we do know is that in God's time it will happen, no matter how thick the bars that hold you back.

May the Lord encourage you fully with these few words !

Good reflection.

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