「約瑟的主人...把約瑟下在監裡...，耶和華與約瑟同在...，耶和華使他所作的盡都順利。」－創世記39:19-23
約瑟該是個明白此事的人；他不因「諸事不順」絲毫埋怨、沮喪、悖逆，或甚至可憐自己，於是他博得了司獄的信任。
讓我們記得：什麼時候我們容讓自憐進來，那就是我們一事無成的時候。
約瑟單純將一切事歡樂地交託與神，司獄便也樂意將一切事交託與約瑟。
「主耶穌啊！保守我，使我雖經歷牢獄的浩劫，卻仍能繼續信靠，使我的喜樂仍能滿足洋溢。
讓我在獄中完成你的工作；讓我身雖被綑索，心卻得著自由。」－選
我已學會了珍惜憂患裡的黑暗；因為唯有在那裡，我才能看見你面上的榮光。
－蓋恩夫人
"And Joseph's master took him, and put him into a prison . . . But Jehovah was with Joseph . . . and that which he did, Jehovah made it to prosper" (Gen. 39:20-23).When God lets us go to prison because we have been serving Him, and goes there with us, prison is about the most blessed place in the world that we could be in. Joseph seems to have known that. He did not sulk and grow discouraged and rebellious because "everything was against him." If he had, the prison-keeper would never have trusted him so. Joseph does not even seem to have pitied himself.
Let us remember that if self-pity is allowed to set in, that is the end of us--until it is cast utterly from us. Joseph just turned over everything in joyous trust to God, and so the keeper of the prison turned over everything to Joseph. Lord Jesus, when the prison doors close in on me, keep me trusting, and keep my joy full and abounding. Prosper Thy work through me in prison: even there, make me free indeed.--Selected
I have learnt to love the darkness of sorrow; there you see the brightness of His face.--Madame Guyon
