It is perhaps most striking of all to realize that if God had given Joseph the things he was likely asking for in prayer, it would have been terrible for him. And we must realize that it was likely that God essentially said no relentlessly, over and over, to nearly all Joseph’s specific requests for a period of about twenty years. Most people I know would have given up and said, “If God is going to shut the door in my face every time I pray, year in and year out, then I give up.” But if Joseph had given up, everything would have been lost. In the dungeon, Joseph turns to God for help in
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