When Potiphar’s wife saw how Joseph rejected her advances, she called the other servants. She showed them the cloak that Joseph had left behind in his haste to flee. She accused him of trying to sleep with her. She repeated this same story to her husband. As a result, Potiphar was enraged, and had Joseph thrown into prison. Joseph had done the right thing, fleeing from sin, but he ended up as a slave in prison.

Where was the Lord in all of this? The following verses tell us that the Lord was with Joseph. Even at his lowest point, the Lord was with Joseph. The Lord showed him kindness and favor. Just as Potiphar had entrusted everything to Joseph, so now did the prison warden. Joseph went from being a favorite son to being a slave and now a slave in prison. His circumstances did not suggest that the Lord was present, but the Lord was with Joseph. Joseph’s dire situation was not evidence of God’s absence—it was the Lord’s active involvement for his own good purpose. We can trust God’s presence in all things.
Application: Lord, help me to put my trust in you at all times, believing that you are with me.
One Word: Trust in God’s presence