Let Me Praise My Way Out

When we read the story of Joseph there are some things that cannot be denied, because the scripture makes it clear that:

* Joseph was chosen by God

* Joseph was anointed by God

* Joseph had a destiny given to him by God

* Joseph was favored by God

* Joseph was favored by his earthly father

* And God was with Joseph

And to the natural ear this sounds like a winning combination, judging from that criteria it would look like Joseph had it made. It would seem as though he was living the life, high on the hog. In fact when reading this specific book called Genesis you would expect to find his book listed under the lifestyles of the rich and famous by Joseph.

Also, when we read the scriptures, we find out that this same Joseph who had everything going for him, who was anointed by God, who was favored by his earthly father and had so many great advantages; One day found himself in a pit.

And I want to stop here for just a minute and tell you; If somebody told you that when you become a Christian that all your problems would be over, and that you would never be hurt again, you would never cry again, you would never suffer again. I want to tell you that (They Lied) and Psalms 34:19 backs me up when it says “Many are the afflictions of the righteous, and here’s the good part but the Lord delivereth him out of them all.

The point that I’m trying to make is that Christians have problems too:

* Christians get sick

* Christians get in debt

* Christians get divorced

* Christians get their hearts broken

* Christians get in places they shouldn’t be. They have arguments, disagreements, disappointments, differences, discrepancies and sometimes you fall into a pit, sometimes you jump into a pit, and then there are sometimes you’re pushed into a pit. But regardless of how you got there or why you’re there, a Pit is a Pit is a pit and if you stay there you will die in the pit. So, in this lesson Rueben was responsible for Joseph’s pit.

If you remember it was Rueben that suggested that they throw Joseph in the pit. And you have to be careful who you hang around because they just might be the person that is responsible for your pit experience. Now we don’t know what happened but whatever happen we know that (Rueben was there when Joseph was thrown into the pit, (and here is the interesting part) but he was not there when he was lifted out)

The point is: Rueben was surprised, Rueben was shocked, because he saw him go into the pit, he saw him struggling and begging to be delivered from the pit (but now he’s looking into that same pit expecting to see pitiful Joseph full of fear and confusion stressing and crying and begging for his life and begging to be delivered (but Joseph wasn’t there)

As I minister to somebody listening to me right now (God is getting ready to do something that is going to blow some people away).

Because there are some people who saw you in the pit, there are some people that even helped put you in the pit, and they have watched you struggling, and pushing, and scratching and clawing trying to climb your way out, when they left you, you were in the pit, the last time they saw you (you were in the pit) you were a mess. But tell somebody, this is the last time you’re going to see me like this.

Watch this Rueben came back to the pit where he last saw Joseph, and Joseph wasn’t there. You can send this out this. Everybody don’t mean you good and what I have learn to do is when the haters act like they mean me well, I act like I believe them.

But that was yesterday, and yesterday I was a pit recipient, but today I’m a pit alumni, yes I am a pit graduate

Yesterday I was in the pit

Yesterday it looked like I was going to die in the pit

Yesterday I felt like I was going to die in the pit

But I heard a word from Joseph:

I heard Joseph say: Don’t die in the Pit

I heard Joseph say: The fall doesn’t have to be fatal

Because it looked like Joseph was going to die where he was, but through a turn of circumstances in a matter of minutes Joseph was up out of the pit and on solid ground.

Can I tell you that God can turn it around:

I don’t know how he’s going to do it

I don’t know when he’s going to do it