Joseph Had No Friends But He Had Favor

Joseph had no friends. We learn that Joseph was his father's favorite son. He was the son of Rebecca, the woman Jacob loved. But even with 7 brothers and a sister, we are not told that he was close to any of his siblings except perhaps his little brother Benjamin. Otherwise he had no favor with his siblings.

We learn that David had a friend in Jonathan; Paul had friends in Pricilla and Aquila, Timothy and others, and Jesus had friendships with both men and women alike. Even without the bonds of friendship, Joseph was able to make his way with the favor of God and God's blessings.

Joseph was thrown in a ditch and there was no friend to rescued him. He was lifted from the ditch by his brothers, but yet, sold into slavery. No friends were mention that he obtained while enslaved. He was in Potifer's house, but other than a lustful desire for him by a married woman, he had no friends. Even as he was jailed for a crime he did not commit, he acquired no friends. Though, he might have thought he earned the friendship of the cupbearer, the cupbearer did not remember Joseph even as Joseph predicted the cupbearer's life would be spared.

So, if you are in a season where you have no one to turn to and no friend to lean on, remember Joseph. He was always the favorite son of not only his earthly father, but his eternal father as well. Joseph always had favor.

Pray that when you are feeling low in spirit, and everything seems to be going in the wrong direction, the Lord is with you and is fighting battles and setting things up for you that eyes have not seen nor ears heard. Remember when you think you have no friends to help you out, you do have God's favor. In Jesus' name. 


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