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God was with Joseph

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(Genesis 39:2~3)

The LORD was with Joseph and he prospered, and he lived in the house of his Egyptian master. When his master saw that the LORD was with him and that the LORD gave him success in everything he did,

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Jacob`s eleventh son Joseph was loved by his father the most.
But because of his brothers' jealousy, he was sold to Egypt as a slave.

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At that time, slaves were treated the same as properties bought with money.
Slaves had no freedom. They only had to obey their masters orders.

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Joseph was sold to Potiphar, a captain of Pharaoh`s royal palace guards.
There were many slaves at Potiphar`s house.

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Although Joseph was young, he worked the hardest.
He was sincere and he gave his best to every task.
When Potiphar saw Joseph working so hard, he thought that Joseph was amazing.

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What was more amazing about Joseph was that the results Joseph got were better than the past results. Joseph was a slave in Egypt but even in that place, Joseph worked with believing that God was with him. That is why God helped Joseph.

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Potiphar realized that the God Joseph believed was helping him.
So Potiphar trusted Joseph in every thing he did.
He thought that Joseph was the most trustworthy servant of his so he entrusted Joseph with all of the housework.

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Joseph became the secretary in Potiphar`s house and managed everything.
God was with the faithful Joseph. After Joseph became the secretary at Potiphar`s house, only good things happened. Everything Potiphar owned became blessed.

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When Joseph grew up as a fine young man, Potiphar`s wife who secretly liked Joseph, seduced him. However, Joseph did not fall for her and rejected her. " Master Potiphar entrusted everything to me except only you, mistress. And that`s because you are his wife, so how can I do something that bad? That`s a great sin in front of God."

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After that day, the mistress seduced Joseph every day.
When this woman saw there was no one in the house except for Joseph, she grabbed his cloth and told him to sleep with her. When this happened Joseph was so surprised and for him not to commit sin, he ran away with his cloth left behind.

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The mistress was so mad at Joseph because she had been rejected. So she lied to her husband. She showed the cloth of Joseph and told her husband that Joseph tried to do something bad.

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Potiphar sent Joseph to the royal prison. Joseph was put into the prison even though he didn't do anything wrong, but even in that place Joseph believed that God was with him. And truly, God was still with him.

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When the captain guard of the prison observed Joseph closely, he realized that he could trust Joseph. So he let Joseph take care of the things in the prison. The captain did not bother Joseph with anything he did. This happened because God was with Joseph.

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Joseph believed in God in any difficult situation. God saw the faith of Joseph so God helped him to be successful in everything he did. Joseph relied onto God in any situation and God eventually raised him up to be the prime minister of Egypt, the strongest country of that time.

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God has almighty power to help us with whatever difficulties we meet. Let's believe in our Almighty God like Joseph and become wonderful children of God who rely only upon God in any difficult time.

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