Immigrants of the Kingdom of God. Annang Asumang

by Suffering

      If Joseph expected that the dreams would be immediately fulfilled without much tears, he was in for a big disappointment. Instead of his family rejoicing with him, his brothers hated him more. They then sold him to be a slave in a foreign land. The prince of Jacob with big ambitions of domination, turned into the slave of Potiphar, right at the bottom of the pile in a strange land. Joseph learnt that though vision is important, it was only the beginning of the hard work of fulfillment. Jesus promised that every believer who bears fruit, “God prunes so that he will be even more fruitful” (Jn 15:2). And so Joseph learnt how God prunes His servants through the suffering he experienced.