How do we persevere in life and faith when we find ourselves facing trial after trial through no fault of our own?

That was Joseph's experience in the Old Testament, and today on Truth for Life, Alistair Begg explains

what helped him press on. Alistair is teaching from Genesis 39, beginning with verse 16.

He was the subject of the accusations of his family which were flat out untrue. He was the subject of the accusations of his family which were flat out untrue.

He was the subject of the accusations of Potipur's wife, which were untrue.

He was the product of undeserved hatred on the part of his brothers

and now on the part of Potter's wife.

The bottom had dropped out of his world.

And yet look at him. Somehow he remains patient,

enduring. At the beginning of the chapter, he's enslaved within the house, and he's a man of

principal. At the end of the chapter, he's enslaved in the dungeon, and he's a man of principle. At the end of the chapter, he's enslaved in the dungeon,

and he's a man of principle.

Whether he's a governor or a prisoner,

he's the same guy.

He's not a chameleon.

He's not playing it one way up here

and another way down here.

He's core, right through to the core, Joseph, straight on.

Now, you notice that in the extremity, he becomes the object of God's favor. In these worst

of circumstances, verse 21 says, that the Lord was with him in the jail. he showed him kindness, and he granted him favor in the

eyes of the prison warder. You see, from the most unlikely quarters, God is able to raise up

friends for his servants. We've seen this through the journey of our lives, haven't we, in relocating, in a change of job,

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