Remaining faithful even in jail (Genesis 39:22)

SCRIPTURE: Genesis 39:22 (TM) -  larger reading Genesis 39:19-23

The head jailer put Joseph in charge of all the prisoners - he ended up managing the whole operation.

STORY:

According to the Bureau of Standards in Washington, a dense fog covering seven city blocks to a depth of 100 feet is composed of less that one glass of water. That amount of water is divided into about 60 billion tiny droplets. Yet when those minute particles settle over a city or the countryside, they can almost blot out everything from your sight.

OBSERVATION:

It is seldom a good thing to be thrown into jail. Poor Joseph. Potiphar was an Egyptian official. Joseph was a handsome dude. Potiphar’s wife had designs for Joseph. He refused. She got mad. BINGO – Jail time for Joseph.

This couldn’t be a good thing. Usually jail time isn’t. But God had other plans. Even in bad times God still has a plan. Mountain or valley, day or night … it really doesn’t matter if God is trusted to be in charge.

Life is easy, when you're up on the mountain

And you've got peace of mind, like you've never known.

But things change, when you're down in the valley.

Don't lose faith, for you're never alone.

For the God on the mountain, is the God in the valley.

When things go wrong, He'll make them right.

And the God of the good times is still God in the bad times.

The God of the day is still God in the night.

We talk of faith way up on the mountain.

Talk comes so easy when life's at its best.

Now down in the valleys, of trials and temptations

That's where your faith, is really put to the test.

For the God on the mountain is the God in the valley.

When things go wrong, He'll make them right.

And the God of the good times is still God in the bad times.

The God of the day, is still God in the night.

The God of the day, is still God in the night.

And so for Joseph (and us) “it was the best of times, it was the worst of times” – it was time in the valley. He remained faithful. No anger. No sorrow. No “poor me.” No looking around and asking, “Where is God”. For Joseph’s God of the Mountain was still going to be his God in the valley. Day or night it didn’t matter.

Fogs, like our problems, are simple little things that are divided into lots of little things. So what if we stumble through the fog or get thrown into jail or lose our best friend or (insert your own worst thing) … Be faithful. God is in charge. Joseph did and look what happen to him.

PRAYER:

It gets a little hard to see sometimes in the fog. Give us spiritual eyes to see throw it even when we are in “jail”.