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Genesis chapter 40, verse 23, yet the chief cup bearer did not remember Joseph, but forgot him.

This is a really low end to this chapter. So as a reminder, Genesis chapter 40, Joseph is in prison,

and while he's in prison, he interprets two other prisoners' dreams. The cup bearer of the

king of Egypt and his baker had both been thrown into prison and they both had dreams.

And when Joseph interprets those dreams, he says that the cup bearer is going to be restored

and the baker is going to lose his life.

And Joseph says to the cup bearer, after he gives him this good

news, he says, please remember me when it goes well with you. And please do me the kindness to mention

me to Pharaoh and so get me out of prison. That's the language from Genesis chapter 40, verse 14. But then,

when things happened just as Joseph had interpreted in the interpretation of these dreams,

and the chief cup bearer is restored, verse 23 says, the chief cupbearer did not remember Joseph,

but forgot him. Basically, as soon as he was restored, he totally put Joseph out of his mind, and Joseph was left to languish in prison.

As I read this verse, I would just ask you, have you ever been let down in a significant

way by someone else?

Have you ever been forgotten by someone else, ignored by someone else, in such a way that

it brought hurt to your life? I'm guessing there's a variety of ways this is played out in

our lives, some in small ways, some in some really significant ways.

And as I read Genesis chapter 40, verse 23, and I know where this story is going,

how God is going to bring Joseph out of prison, he's even going to use the chief cup bearer to do that

after another two whole years in prison.

I just think in a world where people let us down, in a world where we let other people down for that matter,

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