Delayed Dreams and Divine Deliverance: A Five-Day Look at the Journey of Joseph, Part 3
A note to the reader: In this multi-day devotion series, we will look to Scripture to examine the life of Joseph. In this account God’s deliverance appeared delayed, yet in actuality it was His divine plan. I invite you to study the passage with me, take notes, ask questions, and then record your thoughts and personal application in a journal or the notes app on your phone. By the end of this series, I pray we will have a greater understanding of how delays and deliverance are a part of God’s sovereignty. Forgotten Dreams Read: Genesis 40 In the last devotion we left off with Joseph in pit #2: the prison (v15). If you’re Joseph, you might be wondering, “What happened to those dreams I had when I was in my homeland? Why does my present reality appear so different from what God revealed to me?” With even more time passing between chapter 39 and 40 (Genesis 40:1), we read that two men—the cupbearer and the baker to the King of Egypt—have been thrown in prison. Joseph is appointed by the c...