It would be good to read the whole chapter. Here is a man. He is Joseph. A slave who was so mistreated that he was throne in prison. It would be easy to miss the thing God was doing to vindicate his servant. He is noted for not being alone for he is seen to have the Holy Spirit with him. Surely everyone sees it is a mistake to throw him in prison being he couldn't operate in a gift of revealing dreams unless he was blessed of a---the God.
God alone sees to it that he is rewarded for his years of prison. We sometimes feel we are in some kind of prison, till all of a sudden some mercy from God sets us free. The gift God gave him to use set him free. Just to tell of mine---when I feel tempted to feel the weight of trials and troubles I use the gift of music to comfort my soul. God has blessed with one of the most wonderful gifts that the world has never heard. It is like a bird singing in a cage. The bird is all locked up and alone and yet he sings just like he is really free.
It was the gift that God gave him that made him free and victorious in life. If we relate it to the gimmick thing, Joseph never gave money to get all that prosperity Egypt gave him. No give to get schemes. Magicians and other people are of no help. Witchcraft is meant to destroy and so that's why it will take God to do a positive life giving thing. That is why for many people the world is falling apart around them. The world doesn't look to God who is the only answer.
prosperity comes to those who are righteous and good. Even though mistreated. The blessing of God is only on the things he gives. You won't have to even make payments on those things. Faith is a way of trusting God to supply everything. We may not have everything at once, but we have it in God's timing. God's mercy extended to all Egypt as well as Joseph's family and then the world----even though Joseph was mistreated. He learned to forgive though. The value of forgiveness will pay off when it is time to stand before God in the future.
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