The Principle from Joseph's Prison

Episode 72 of the Faithful on the Clock podcast, hosted by Wanda Thibodeaux, titled "The Principle from Joseph's Prison" was published on April 24, 2023 and runs 13 minutes.

April 24, 2023 ·13m · Faithful on the Clock

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The Principle from Joseph's Prison

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When Joseph went to prison after being wrongfully accused of assault, he maintained his integrity and faith. How did he do it, and how can you hold your own integrity as the business world tells you to change to win? Faithful on the Clock Episode 72 has advice.

Timestamps:

[00:04] - Intro

[00:37] - The story of Joseph begins with Joseph being sold into slavery by his own brothers. He ends up in Egypt with Potiphar, Pharoah’s captain of the guard, as his master.

[01:47] - When Joseph rejected the advances of Potiphar’s wife, she lied to Potiphar to have Joseph punished. Potiphar had Joseph sent to prison rather than killed.

[02:42] - Despite being in a horrible place, Joseph held to his integrity. That integrity helped get him in front of Pharoah to interpret dreams, which set Joseph free.

[03:49] - God prepared Joseph for his mission through both his time in Potiphar’s house and his time in prison.

[04:45] - When Joseph was in Potiphar’s house, God blessed Potiphar’s house because of Joseph.

[06:02] - When Joseph was in prison, God helped Joseph find favor in the warden’s eyes, and just as it had been in Potiphar’s house, all the things Joseph did in the prison succeeded. Through all this, Joseph stayed humble and recognized where his help was coming from. He didn’t have to bend or lose integrity because he saw that his faith was still rewarded.

[07:30] - Based on Joseph’s story, when you face times in your career where you are pressured to sacrifice your values, you can remember God already is going to bless you and that you don’t have to be afraid.

[08:26] - Even though Joseph’s time in prison wasn’t a cakewalk, he knew his rewards weren’t coming from people. In the same way, you can trust that you don’t have to play games or depend on others to get ahead. Instead, you can rely on God for your provision.

[09:15] - God is not your vending machine. Be careful that when you come under pressure, you do not get upset when He doesn’t give you what you pray for or offers a different solution than the one you expected. The way to align yourself with His will is to admit your need first, ask for direction, and then walk whatever path He gives you.

[10:51] - Prayer

[11:32] - Outro/What’s coming up next

Key takeaways:

Joseph went from being the favorite of his father to being sold into slavery. After living in the house of Potiphar, Pharoah’s captain of the guard, he was sent to prison because Potiphar’s wife lied about Joseph assaulting her.
Joseph had integrity and God was with him, but the Egyptian prison likely would have been full of men and beliefs that would put pressure on Joseph to sacrifice his values. Yet, Joseph held firm.
God was preparing Joseph for the mission of saving the people of Egypt through both his time at Potiphar’s house and his time in prison.
What made Joseph able to hold his integrity was that God constantly delivered what he needed as he needed it. This provision didn’t remove him from his bad circumstances, but it allowed him to survive and develop for the mission he had. Joseph had been rewarded for his faith and thus had no reason to believe he needed to abandon what was working.
When you are challenged to change or bend your values within the corporate environment, like Joseph, you can look at the rewards you are granted for your faith and remember that you do not need any provider but Him. You do not have to look to others or bend to them to succeed so long as He is with you.
Be careful as you go through your own prison that you do not treat God as your vending machine. Just because he doesn’t offer the solution you prayed for doesn’t mean He doesn’t have a solution that’s part of His plan. Pray for His help, ask what He wants you to do, and then follow that, rather than getting disappointed that He didn’t deliver what YOU thought would work.

CTAs:

Think about your work environment. What are some of the biggest sources of pressure to conform for you? Come up with at least one way to push back against that pressure.
List out your values and identify how they align with God. The clearer you are on those values, the easier it will be for you to defend and maintain them when others want you to change.

What’s coming up next:

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