"The LORD was with Joseph, and he was a successful man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian. . . . The keeper of the prison did not look into anything that was under Joseph's authority, because the LORD was with him; and whatever he did, the LORD made it pros-
per."
God is "with" His children, and blesses them, no matter where they are. Joseph was a slave to Potiphar, which was not the most enviable position in the world, and yet God was there with him, strengthening him. Joseph was a prisoner in a dungeon, having done nothing wrong, which is again not a good situation to be in, but God was standing by him, anointing everything he did.
So, let us not so much look at our circumstances, as at the One who put us there. Circumstances are always first in line, to seek to govern our feelings; but faith looks beyond them to the God who is with us.
[Puritan quote of the day: "The true God perfectly knows the circum-
stances of everyone who prays to Him throughout the world." --Jona-
than Edwards, in his sermon, "The Most High a Prayer-Hearing God"]
