Imagine you were taken to the White House for a private meeting with the President.

However, ten years ago you were wrongly convicted of raping the wife of a high-ranking government official and still serving time in prison.

Before that, your own brothers tossed you into a deep cistern until Ishmaelite slave traders came and pulled you out, then sold you to an Egyptian.

How can you--so scarred by rejection and mistreatment stand before the most powerful man in the known world, and he is asking you for counsel?

We are about to learn how in this episode.

Spoiler alert; it would be impossible if not for the blessing that God gave to Abraham and his descendants through Jacob, which has now made its way to Joseph.

One of the rules of learning is to build upon our understanding of history. This holds true across all fields of education. We can’t change history, but we should take advantage of learning from it. Otherwise, we will repeat the mistakes by ignoring the built-in lessons that accompany the experiences of others. The Hebrew Bible is filled with opportunities to learn from the lives of the descendants of Jacob.

We can also gain insight of the nature of God as He responds to their successes and failures.

Caution, though, God rarely responds immediately as you have likely experienced in your own walk.

Seeking is a major concept in the Bible. It is where the natural and the supernatural intersect. When we seek we will find, but what we find reflects on how we seek. If it’s for personal gratification we will be disappointed. If it is from the heart we will find the Kingdom of God and the King who provides and protects, comforts and encourages, so that we can do likewise for others. That is His blessing.

“You will seek me and find me, when you seek me with all your heart.”

Jeremiah‬ ‭29‬:‭13‬