Secrets to a Happy Life: Finding Satisfaction in Any Situation

Consider the astonishing chain reaction that ushered Joseph to the throne of
Egypt. If you asked him, “Hey Joseph, how did you get to be the ruler in Egypt?” he
would say…
• It started with this jacket – a coat of many colors, so…
• My brothers hated me, so…
• They threw me in a pit. They were going to murder me, but…
• They sold me to foreign slave traders, instead. Thus…
• I served as a slave in Egypt, unfortunate, but necessary so that…
• My master’s wife could frame me and…
• I’d get thrown in jail. This was also unfortunate, but necessary, because…
• Two other prisoners came from Pharoah’s court with their dreams, and I
had to interpret them because…
• The butler went back to Pharoah’s courts, and years later, Pharoah had a
dream, so the butler, remembered me…
• And, bada-bing, here I am, the Lord and Master of All Egypt, second only to
Pharoah himself, so that, in God’s grand design, I might…
• Save hundreds of thousands from death by starvation, and point a searching
world to the invisible God of Heaven… all of which make me…
• Deeply happy.
Dominoes.
Remove even a single domino, the stack doesn’t fall, and hosts of people die. God,
by his providence, is hard at work, even when he feels a million miles away. You can
rest your anxious heart in the jaw-dropping providence of God.