Read Gen. 39:21-23
Joseph is thrown in prison for something he did not do… “but the Lord was with Joseph”. God showed mercy on Joseph in prison and continued to shower his favor on Joseph. He became the keeper of the prison’s right-hand man and he prospered even in prison.
Joseph is such a great picture of Jesus. He was wrongfully accused of being full of demons, being an enemy of the synagogue and a deceiver. He was despised and rejected by the very people he came to give life to. (Is. 53) One of his own disciples sold him like Joseph’s brothers did him. Jesus had to learn obedience by the things he suffered just like Joseph. Jesus refused to defend himself just like Joseph. Isaiah said of Jesus that it pleased him to bruise him because he was the offering to God of all who would sin after him. Joseph paid the price for what his brothers and Potipher’s wife did to him. But in the end, God said he would hear the travail of Jesus’ soul and it would satisfy his wrath for sin. The knowledge that he possessed would justify many and he would share in the reward of strong and deliver many. Joseph did that very thing when he arose from prison. He used the knowledge God gave him to preserve a nation from famine. Both Jesus and Joseph went to prison to lead people out of captivity. Joseph redeemed a cupbearer; Jesus redeemed the world.
Lord, thank you for redeeming us from ourselves. May we spread your redemption to a blind and lost world.
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