potiphar's wife lied about him. they put him in prison. two stones going the wrong direction. in prison, a friend, another inmate, when he got out forgot all about joseph - another stone the wrong way. joseph could have thought, "this is a pattern. this is my destiny. these stones are going the wrong way." thirteen years disappointments, betrayals, injustice. surely he missed god's plan. no, god is directing our steps not just when things are going our way. not just when the doors open, we're promoted, people are good to us. but even when the doors close, people aren't good to us, the report wasn't good. those stones going in the wrong direction are still the hand of god. my question is will you trust him even when you don't understand it? will you keep a good attitude knowing that it's going to turn to your advantage? just like with joseph, you will come into your u-turn. the same god that orchestrated him being betrayed, lied about, thrown into a pit, orchestrated him being promoted, vindicated, taking the throne. fulfilling his dream. listen; don't be discouraged by what yo

potiphar's wife lied about him so he just went to jail and was nice there too.t than that. i mean surely it was hard for him to go through the things that he went through. and i wish sometimes that the bible did tell us more about the gut-wrenching things that some of these people went through. well, it does with job, it does with david, but with joseph i thought it really didn't say that much but then i found a secret in psalm 105. let's look at psalm 105, verses 17 and 18. you doing good out there? we're gonna have peace on purpose. psalm 105:17 and 18, "he sent a man before them, even joseph, who was sold as a servant." god sent him because he was trying to get him in a place where god was gonna need a man that belonged to him. actually when god sent him and all that stuff happened to him, god had one thing in mind for joseph and that was promotion. one of the things you're gonna get when you go through hard times is promoted when it's all over. now let's put this next verse back up and look at this. "he sent a man before them, even joseph, who was sold as a