I’m stuck; there’s no way out!
There is no way this is really happening to me.
How did I get myself into this situation?
Does anyone care or know that I am here?
Have you ever asked those questions or felt that way? Joseph did. Literally.
He was stuck in the bottom of a pit with no apparent way out. Yes, being in the pit was better than being dead, but death was still a possibility if there was no way out... So, what was he to do?
Trust.
• Trust that God saw him in the pit.
• Trust that God was bigger than his current circumstances.
• Trust that God had a bigger plan.
• Trust that God had already sent the caravan ahead of time so that it would be passing by at the exact moment he had been thrown into the pit.
Genesis 37:24-28
24 And they took him and threw him into a pit. The pit was empty; there was no water in it. 25 Then they sat down to eat. And looking up they saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead, with their camels bearing gum, balm, and myrrh, on their way to carry it down to Egypt. 26 Then Judah said to his brothers, “What profit is it if we kill our brother and conceal his blood? 27 Come, let us sell him to the Ishmaelites, and let not our hand be upon him, for he is our brother, our own flesh.” And his brothers listened to him. 28 Then Midianite traders passed by. And they drew Joseph up and lifted him out of the pit, and sold him to the Ishmaelites for twenty shekels of silver. They took Joseph to Egypt.
Are you in a difficult situation? Feeling stuck? At a loss to know how to get out or if things will get better?
Trust.
• Trust that God sees you in the pit.
• Trust that God is bigger than your current circumstances.
• Trust that God has a bigger plan.
• Trust that the caravan is coming. It is probably already on its way.
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