Good morning,
Sooooooooo, I have been thinking about Joseph a lot lately.
You know Joseph right? The one where his brothers were hating, threw him in a hole, rescued him just to sell him into slavery, then was lied on by a women resulting in him being thrown into jail, and promised to be taken care of but almost forgotten. Do you know who I’m talking about now? What’s so crazy about it is that Joseph had a vision that he would be a very important person before all of this took place. It wasn’t as if he was in a bad place in life. Actually came from a hard working family. The reason I love this story so much is because, Joseph was made a promise but had to go through the fire before he could get to the greatness. I tell people all the time, “Sometimes you have to be put in the fire to burn off the old so you can live in the new”. Like Joseph, we know that we are destined for greatness but there are times where it feels like with every step forward you take five steps back. Joseph didn’t understand why all of these things were happening to him. He didn’t understand how he would be great from jail. Well I’m here to tell you that you have to keep moving forward. The promise is there you just have to hang in there to get it. Life doesn’t work on our time. Therefore, you can either wait patiently or keep forcing that square peg into that round hole. The choice is yours. We also have to dance during the storms of life. They are not there to keep you down. Life storms happen to give you the experience you need so that you may move on and serve your life’s purpose. Find the lesson in everything that happens to you. You may need to help someone later with the very experience you had. Now if you don’t get that lesson because you are in your feelings then GOD has no problem re-teaching you. (Let that sink in) I believe that we let the storms drench us and we live in the wetness….unhappy…..but every storm must come to an end and if we know this then we must hunker down and feel blessed that through it all we have been provided for. Get out of your own way and count the blessings that you have right now. We are built for greatness and we will have to endure some things to be prepared to handle that greatness. Pay attention really quick…. Joseph was sold into slavery and eventually became head of his boss’ household. Then he had the misfortune of being lied on and put in jail. In jail, he was placed in charge of the other inmates. While in charge, he was able to help interpret some dreams of an inmate. Due to that inmate, Joseph was summoned to interpret the dreams of the Pharaoh. He did and the Pharaoh appointed Joseph to Vizier. HE WAS IN CHARGE OF ALL OF EGYPT!!!!! If that’s not greatness, I don’t know what it is. Although his circumstances were not favorable, they were important to get to the necessary people that will lead him to the greatness that was promised in the first place. Like Drake says, “Started from the bottom now we here”. In school, on the job, and in relationships you had to start somewhere to move to a higher position. Well there will be some bumps along the road. If you are in a funk now, you are crossing the bump. If you are in a good place in life then you are in-between bumps. Whatever storm you are in make the best of it. Shine even when it feels like you can’t go on. The only thing that can hold you back from greatness is you. If you are reading this, you are still in the game so play as if you are going to win it all.
I hope that when you are feeling down and out you think about Joseph. He didn’t deserve the bad things that happened to him but it made him better in the end. Stay strong. Live, Love, and laugh!
AND remember don’t dwell in the misfortunes of yesterday. Be grateful for the power of today!
MAKE IT GREAT!
E
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