Dr. Michael Yousaf with a look at Joseph.

Joseph was inside the dungeon, the dark dungeon, but he never allowed the darkness of that dungeon to enter his life inside of him.

Joseph was living in the wilderness of despair, but he never let despair live in him.

Difficulties will come to all of us. No one is immune, but how you and

I respond to the difficulty is going to determine whether you're a winner or a whiner.

Welcome to leading the way with pastor and author of the new book, The Third Jihad, Dr. Michael Yousath.

Some have what everyone would consider the abundant life. They have health and finances

that are relatively stable. Their family relationships are strong. All seems good. But others

may be wondering where the abundant life went. Illness, job loss, tenuous relationships,

other things that seem to be unraveling before them. Today on leading the way, Dr. Yusuf takes you

to Genesis chapter 40, where Joseph listens from a jail cell, a dungeon, wondering where God is.

Let's listen to.

I am personally convinced, in my own heart and my own spirit,

of the fact that attending the God's school of patience

is a requirement of all believers.

At least in my case, I often see the hand of God in waiting.

In every delay, God uses it to construct my character.

In every waiting, God chisels away at the excesses in my life.

In every detour, it increases the level of my trust

and the level of my commitment to the Lord Jesus Christ. In every disappointment, I have learned

to see God's appointment. Now today, on a much larger and a more significant scale, we're going to find God's

winner, Joseph, is being put on hold. Joseph in chapter 40, you find him holding the telephone in his ear

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