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What does it mean to have God with you?
Sometimes people say, “God be with you.”
Is it like the force?
“May the force be with you.”
Does it mean, “May there be no traffic on the freeway, on your journey through life..”
If I were to say, “God is really with that person?”, what does that mean?
Does it mean he’s successful?
How do you know you haven’t wasted your life away?
Does it mean he’s rich?
That’s a great verse.
Is there any kind of standard?
Does it mean prospers at what he does?
It’s a powerful verse.
Remember when there was such thing as newspapers?
What does it mean to say God is with a person?
The coolest thing was seeing your name in the newspaper.
It’s a verse with a promise.
I was in 5th grade, and the Press-Enterprise came to my school.
Is it like the force?
I had been selected to give a quote in the paper.
“May the force be with you.”
It was near Thanksgiving, and I was the 5th grade representative.
I was asked what I was thankful for.
I’m sure, you are all wondering what I said.
The truth is … I have no idea.
Is God being with a person some mysterious recipe for success?
I look back, I can’t remember.
I do remember that I had an awesome flat top.
God’s a lucky charm who makes everything go right for a person?
I carried one of those little flat top combs.
And if any of this is true, then if you are a Christian, and God is with you, does that mean everything works out just perfect for you?
My picture was taken and it was put in the paper next to my quote.
The answer to these questions is obviously no.
What I do remember though is knowing my name and picture would be in the paper.
Yet, we have a tremendous blessing in God.
The Holy Spirit lives within the Christian, and so we can confidently say, “God is with you.”
I was more excited about that then anything else.
Is that what makes a life well lived, when people know your name and face because it was in the newspaper?
And according to , not only is God with you, but “... we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.”
Is a life well lived based on your accomplishments?
What I’d like you to see today, what it means to have God with you.
Is a life well lived based on how well you accomplish your dreams?
And if God is with you, then how do we do with that?
How do we live in the presence of God.
This is all appropriate, because we are diving into the life of Joseph.
And he was a man who was said to have God with him.
Open your Bibles up to .
Read .
The Lord was definitely with Joseph.
It wasn’t just in the good times either.
Not that there were that many good times in Joseph’s life.
But the Lord was with him.
Whether it was through the dreams that God gave him.
Whether it was here in verse 2, when it specifically says, “The Lord was with Joseph ...”
Or whether when it was later on and he was in the presence of Pharaoh and told to interpret Pharaoh’s dreams.
God was with Joseph
You cannot argue that God was with Joseph.
The great thing about Joseph is that he’s real.
His life is relatable.
He experiences failure.
He experiences disappointment
He lives a life similar to you and I, and yet, “The Lord was with Him.”
Do you see the similarity yet?
God was with Joseph.
Christians, you have the Holy Spirit.
The Lord is with you.
We see the similarity, but how do you live with this?
How do you live in the presence of God?
And like Joseph’s life, life is not monotonous.
It’s filled with variety.
There are tough times.
There are times of temptation.
And there are times of just plain confusion.
First, let’s look at God’s Presence in Tough Times.
This is found in verses 1-6 of our text.
Joseph is working in Potiphar’s house and everything seems to be going well for him.
Verse 2 says that Joseph became a successful man.
That the Lord caused everything that Joseph did to succeed.
Joseph found himself in charge of Potiphar’s life.
He ran the home.
He ran the business.
Potiphar was becoming a wealthy man with Joseph working under him.
You might be wondering, “Look if this is tough times, you’ve got to find a new definition of tough times.”
But, I mean tough times.
Have we forgotten where Joseph is and how he got there?
He was attacked by his brothers.
He was going to be left for dead.
But then he was sold into slavery.
Now he finds himself 400 miles from home.
No longer free, but under bondage.
He’s the property of a man named Potiphar, who happens to be a very important leader in Egypt.
These are most definitely hard times.
No one should have to go through what he is going through.
Yet, the kindness of God, is that things are not as bad as they can be for young Joseph.
He’s not chained.
He’s not beaten.
He’s not working outdoors, building a pyramid.
It specifically says that he was in the house of Potiphar.
This was a desirable location.
He was put over Potiphar’s house and business.
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