November 28, 2025
Joseph – Faith That Carries You Through
Devotions from the Life of a Dreamer with Character
31. What We Can Learn From Joseph’s Life for Our Faith
Your story is not finished — it is in God’s hands
Daily Bible Verse
“For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans for peace and not for harm, to give you a future and a hope.”
Jeremiah 29:11
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Introduction
For thirty parts we have followed Joseph—through valleys, pits, palaces, and tears.
What looked like failure became a path of grace.
What seemed like an ending was, for God, only the beginning.
And now the question is:
What does Joseph mean for our own faith?
What remains when we look at the entire story?
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Devotion
When we look back at Joseph’s life, we do not see a classic hero. We do not see a man who triumphed through strength or impressed through power. Instead, we see someone who repeatedly ended up in places he never would have chosen.
In the beginning, he was a young man with dreams—perhaps too open, somewhat unguarded, but full of trust in what God had shown him. Yet these dreams did not lead him first to a palace, but to a pit. From there to slavery, then to a foreign household, and finally to a prison. And each time it looked as though his life was moving further away from God rather than closer to Him.
But while Joseph may have thought he was losing everything, God was at work in the background. Step by step. Quietly, yet purposefully. Joseph did not always notice it. At times there was no sign at all that God was intervening. And still—God was there. In every room, in every cell, in every trial.
When Joseph finally stood before Pharaoh, it was not the result of one grand moment, but the sum of many small, unseen decisions:
to stay faithful even when no one noticed,
to not give up even when no one thanked him,
to trust that God holds the times in His hands.
And then, after years that others would have considered wasted, the fulfillment came. Joseph was lifted up, guided a nation through crisis, and eventually saved his own family. Yet the greatest testimony was not his success but his attitude. When he met the brothers who had caused all his suffering, he did not say, “You destroyed my life,” but:
“God intended it for good.”
In this sentence lies the maturity of a man who understood:
God is writing the story.
And His story does not end in the pit but in His grace.
Joseph shows us that the faith that carries through is not a loud faith, but a faithful one.
Not a spectacular one, but a steady one.
A faith that says:
“God, I cannot see the way—but I trust that You know it.”
This attitude turns a wounded young man into a mature man of God.
And it can do the same in you.
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Thoughts for Your Heart
God does not just lead you through your story—
He shapes you through it.
And nothing is lost when you remain in His hand.
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What We Can Learn From Joseph
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God uses ordinary people with open hearts.
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Rejection can be the beginning of calling.
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Faithfulness in secret is more valuable than success in the spotlight.
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God works even when you cannot feel Him.
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Waiting seasons are preparation, not punishment.
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God’s breakthroughs come suddenly—but never unprepared.
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Your story is bigger than your pain.
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Forgiveness sets you free—not only the other person.
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God can turn even the deepest evil into good.
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The ending God writes is better than the beginning.
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Practical Steps
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Name before God one chapter of your life that burdens you.
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Ask Him to show you His perspective on that chapter.
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Write down three areas where you can be faithful—today.
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Pray a one-sentence prayer:
“Lord, write my ending better than my beginning.”
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Questions for Reflection
• Which statement from Joseph’s life speaks to me the most?
• Where am I still holding on to wounds God wants to heal?
• Which chapter of my life do I trust God to rewrite?
• What does “faith that carries through” mean for my everyday life?
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Prayer
Father in heaven,
thank You for everything You show me through Joseph.
Thank You that You do not judge stories by their beginning
but by what You shape from them.
I give You my past, my struggles, my open questions.
Help me trust You—in waiting, in serving, in pain, and in new beginnings.
Lead me onward, step by step, until what You have long planned for my life becomes visible.
Amen.
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Key Thought of the Day
Your story is not over—God holds the pen.
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Blessing to Close
May the Lord bless you with hope deeper than your wounds.
May He give you patience for the waiting seasons and peace for the paths you do not yet understand.
May He strengthen your faith so it carries you—through every stage, every transition, every new beginning.
And may He let you experience that the ending He writes is more beautiful than anything that came before.
Amen.
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