Not Forgotten (Gen. 40) [Jay Thomas]

Faithfulness can be lonely. Faithfulness can lead us to places where others don't want to be and don't want to remember, especially when others are rescued and want to focus on their normal lives. Joseph is in that place in Genesis 30. The last line says it all: "The chief cupbearer did not remember Joseph, but forgot him." There's such pain in that verse, and yet hope. You see, God was with Joseph. God saw Him. God was working in that moment of human forgetfulness. God's memory is our hope, especially when we are only able to see the end of one chapter that seems to say all have forgotten us. Remember, that lonely moment is a work of God to refine us and prepare us for redemption ahead.