By Greg Laurie
“But don’t be upset, and don’t be angry with yourselves for selling me to this place. It was God who sent me here ahead of you to preserve your lives.”
—Genesis 45:5
It was an unbelievable turn of events. Overnight, Joseph went from prison to occupying the second-most powerful position in the world, ruling over Egypt’s food supply. If the story had ended there, it would have been an amazing one. Instead, it culminated with one of the most amazing demonstrations of forgiveness on Joseph’s part.
Fast-forward many years, and Joseph looked like a completely different guy. He didn’t have the long hair and beard of a Hebrew. Rather, he looked like an Egyptian. And just as God had warned through Pharaoh’s dreams, a famine came.
