Joseph (a 2-part study)

by Tony Coffey

While visiting an air force base a few years ago, I was afforded the opportunity to experience something of what training pilots undergo in preparing to fly fighter planes. I was placed in a swivel chair and told to I would be asked to point to a particular spot after the exercise had finished. It seemed simple enough.I was then blindfolded and the chair was put in motion. It wasn't long before I began to feel disoriented, though I thought I could still point to the correct spot. When the exercise finished I still had the blindfold on and was told to point to the spot. When the fold was removed I was surprised to see that I was pointing in the opposite direction, though I felt reasonably confidant I wasn't far off target.

by Tony Coffey

While Joseph was suffering unjustly in prison, "the Lord was with him." (Genesis 39:21) The king's cupbearer and baker were also imprisoned along with Joseph. One night both men had a dream, which Joseph interpreted with accuracy: the baker would be executed and the cupbearer would be released. Upon being reinstated to his original position "The chief cupbearer, however, did not remember Joseph; he forgot him." (Genesis 40:23)