Even though Joseph was hated by his brothers, sold to Egypt, and wrongly imprisoned, he was not wearing a sad gloomy face and grumbling about the whole place. He seems to me a very happy man. He was in God’s will and certainly, the presence of God must have been with him.

It takes a cheerful man to cheer another person up. Be careful of the people you surround your life with. When you go into your hour of testing, you need people to encourage you and not those who will compound your problems.

While reading my devotional text this morning, I noted how God had to bring David intentionally to the palace so that he might learn the royal way. He was no royal seed, yet anointed by God. Even though this would bring him face to face with death, God was preparing him for the throne.