inadequacy if our experience has not been like that. Well, we can derive a deep encouragement from the story of Joseph because the fact that he could be used by God to achieve so much in later life may well be connected with his trust in God in the absence of the dramatic. Joseph held on to what he understood God had indicated to him in his teenage dreams, that one day he would come to power, whatever that meant. As a result, at a crucial moment, he became a powerful public witness for God. This