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Joseph in Egypt

The man who can do

pie.

and honor. Joseph,

People

"God

we have

is

may

this

301 surely attain

will

success

say of him, as the Bible says of

with him".

And God

will be

As

with him.

learned already,

The Lord is iiigh unto all them that call upon Him, To all that call upon Him in truth. (Psalm CXLV,

18.)

Such a person does by his actions call upon God to be with We can all win trust and confidence in a very simple way, merely by deserving it, by being truthful and upright, by keeping our word always, and never taking advantage of

him.

others.

And

God

then

will be with us.

This was the real

secret of Joseph's success.

Because they trusted

in

told Joseph their dreams.

some do

him both the

butler

and the baker

In those days people thought, as

today, that dreams really foretell the future.

still

Therefore there were

professional

interpreters

of

dreams.

But because they trusted Joseph so completely, they asked him to interpret their dreams. But Joseph set them right with an answer full of wonderful meaning. "Do not inter-

God?" "I can not interpret your dreams Everything comes from God with some purpose of

pretations belong to

myself.

good".

He

felt all

the truth of the wise saying of the

Book

of Proverbs Trust

And In

Lord with all thy heart, upon thine own understanding. thy ways acknowledge Him,

in

all

And He

And when

the

lean not

will direct thy paths.

he stood before the mighty king, on

threshold of success and glory, interpret your dreams, but

still

God

alone.

What God

very

the

he answered, "Not is

I

can

about

do, He hath declared unto Pharaoh, in order to fulfil His divine purpose". This thought of God's help and protection, and that everything comes from Him, reminds us of a charming

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