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Genesis chapter 39, verse 23,

because the Lord was with Joseph.

And whatever he did, the Lord made it succeed.

It's interesting.

This phrase is used four times in Genesis chapter 39 the Lord was with

Joseph at the very beginning of the chapter when Joseph has been sold into slavery

the Lord was with him when Joseph is experiencing challenges to his purity and his holiness the Lord was with him. When Joseph is experiencing challenges to his purity and his holiness, the Lord was

with Joseph. And then when he was unjustly thrown into prison, the Lord was with Joseph.

Wherever Joseph is in his highs and his lows and life, this is the story in such a way that Acts chapter 7,

when Stephen's looking back at the story of Joseph, this is his commentary on Joseph's life.

He says, you remember how the Lord was with Joseph. And verse 23 here in Genesis 39 says,

whatever Joseph did, the Lord made it succeed. In other words, the key to Joseph's life was the presence of God with him in highs and lows,

that God was always with him and flowing from the presence of God was everything

Joseph needed in those highs or in those lows to succeed which then leads me to encourage

you today if you're a follower of Jesus in a greater way than Joseph ever experienced the Lord is not only

with you God with you that's the story of your life in a deeper way he is in you the holy

spirit of God dwells inside of you. I just want to encourage you with this

today amidst whatever high you're experiencing in your life to know that the Lord is with you,

that he's the giver of every good thing you're experiencing. See him with you inside of you.

And if you're walking through any kind of low,

to know the same that you are not alone in the valley you're walking through.

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