Freedom and Prison

The setting has changed. Judah’s back story done. Now it’s Joseph’s turn. The faithful, wise Joseph suffers but his sufferings always bring blessings to others.

Joseph’s story reveals his integrity; what he has experienced has not changed him. Joseph’s story is not changing Joseph – not at his core. It is revealing what he always knew must happen.

Potiphar recognized this extraordinary capacity and put it to use. This is, of course, why the world tolerates faith. The possibility of man lies rooted in faith. As much as the one is detestable, it is also inseparable from the success we all crave.

Joseph was free to be present. Free to know and to value. He was free to act confidently and determinedly. He was free to relate to others, to see in them more than they even saw in themselves. An extraordinary character indeed, there is no one like him in the scripture.

It is fitting that he was imprisoned.