what was said of Joseph of the Old Testament. Three times we read that God was with Joseph. “The LORD was with Joseph … his master saw that the LORD was with him.… But the LORD was with Joseph” (Genesis 39:2, 3, 21). This is the key to why Joseph was able to thrive in spite of his extremely trying circumstances. Though a slave and a prisoner, Joseph performed admirably for the glory of God because “the LORD was with Joseph.” The world does not perceive the need of the hand of the Lord, however. They
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