Joseph rises to power through seemingly ordinary circumstances here:
The king has a dream
The wise men can’t interpret the dream or don’t want to
The butler finally remembers Joseph
The guard brings Joseph from prison
Joseph interprets Pharaoh’s dreams
Joseph suggests finding a wise man to put over Egypt through the years of famine
Pharaoh puts Joseph over all of Egypt as the grand vizier
Joseph got here because God had been working behind the scenes to fulfill his plan in Joseph’s life. This was all the masterful orchestration of God. Only God could have done all of this to put Joseph where he needed to be.
God raised Joseph up from these ordinary circumstances to put Him exactly where He wanted Him to be, exactly when He wanted him to be there. Here’s what we learn from these first 41 verses of Genesis 41 - God is big enough to get you where He wants you to be, when He wants you to be there, and how He wants you to get there.
