Making the Most of It (Part 2 of 2)
Truth For Life Daily Program
Alistair Begg
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🗓️ 14 January 2026
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
Do you ever feel like giving up? In the midst of trials or the drudgery of daily routines, it can feel like everything’s pointless. On Truth For Life, Alistair Begg explains how it’s possible to find fulfillment—and even prosper—despite your circumstances.
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| 0:00.0 | You ever |
| 0:02.8 | You ever feel like just giving up? |
| 0:27.0 | Whether you're in the middle of trials or facing the drudgery of daily routines, |
| 0:31.8 | it can feel like all of it is pointless. |
| 0:35.3 | Today on Truth for Life we'll learn how it's possible to find fulfillment |
| 0:39.1 | and even to prosper in spite of your circumstances. Alistair Begg is teaching from the opening |
| 0:46.0 | verses in Genesis 39. So let's trace a line through these opening verses. Let's notice four things about Joseph. Number |
| 0:59.3 | one, he was protected. He was protected. Young guy, protected by God's presence, protected from the silent killers, and for God's purpose. Secondly, |
| 1:15.0 | he was prospered. Prosspered. Verse two, the Lord was with Joseph and he prospered. In less than |
| 1:21.9 | favorable circumstances, as we've noticed, Joseph was to discover that God was caring for him. The Lord could clearly have |
| 1:31.1 | restored him to his house. His father could have showed up one day and cut a deal with Pharaoh or with |
| 1:36.5 | Potiphar. Potentially so. There are a number of ways that he could have been restored to his home. |
| 1:41.9 | But the Lord chose not to do that. He had lessons for him to learn. |
| 1:45.6 | He had discoveries for him to make. And there were discoveries that he could only make in this |
| 1:50.3 | circumstance that would not have been made elsewhere. You see, Joseph had lost his coat, |
| 1:56.6 | but he hadn't lost his character. And if all that he'd had was a coat, then he'd be done. |
| 2:03.5 | But there was a character inside the coat. |
| 2:06.9 | Indeed, his character was being formed |
| 2:09.0 | and was being framed in the crucible of Potipers' control. |
| 2:14.5 | And somewhere along the line, sooner rather than later, Joseph must have sat down and said to himself, |
| 2:22.4 | I'm going to make the most of this. And the day that we do that is a great day because it is a day of |
| 2:30.1 | liberation. Because what we do is we say, this is where I am, this is where I work, this is what I |
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