BREAKTHROUGH

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Have you given up waiting for your blessing or big break?

Let's learn from Joseph in Genesis.  God gave him a dream, remember? Jacob's favorite son, Joseph knew from the start his heavenly Tatay had a wonderful plan for him. So he waited. And waited.

But he kept getting enmeshed in troubles not his making.

Envious half-brothers threw him into a well. Kapamilya pa mandin! One of them  took pity and suggested he be traded as a slave.

This Jewish slave proved ultra dependable nonetheless. His master Potiphar trusted him entirely---saw God was with him---so Joseph soon became manager of  The P Enterprise.

Pero natipuhan siya ni Mrs. P! She was so attracted to him, she seduced him like a constant song refrain, but to no avail. Because Joseph took to heart his heavenly Master's verse:

"My purpose will prevail. Be holy as your heavenly Father is holy."

Yet here we go again. Disgusted that Joseph refused her amorous advances, Mrs. P cried "Rape!" So to prison Joseph went. How could life be so unfair?

Joseph could by this time have suffered a meltdown, throwing up his his arms in surrender:

"Righteous me gets the bad hand again, what else is new?"

"Why insist on taking the narrow road when my obeying seems to just suck me into the gutter?"

Yet Joseph remained steadfast. Earning the respect of his fellow prisoners, it didn't take long for the warden to appoint him prison OİC (officer-in-charge).

But it was in that despicable place where Joseph met his big breakthrough, leading  him to Pharaoh who at that perfect moment desperately needed someone to interpret his weird dream.

That dream interpretation turned out to be Joseph's elevator to the penthouse office. Not only did Pharaoh appoint him Egypt İnc.'s chief operating officer (COO); he also steered Egypt to an era of agricultural productivity, thus saving his family and the world from severe famine.

Almost ready to call it quits? Sure that your longed-for promotion will never come despite your best efforts? Stuck in the basement of hopelessness though you've persevered?

The well. Slavery. Prison. Joseph proved these were not dead ends but God's means to His end. And because His route is still the best there is, we can be sure of this: He will direct it to the best possible ending, no matter the momentary tear, gashing or fracture we experience.

Joseph says in Genesis 45: 7-8, "But God sent me ahead of you to preserve for you a remnant here on earth and to save your lives by a great deliverance. So it was not you who sent me here but God. He made me shepherd to Pharaoh, lord of his entire household and ruler of Egypt."

Don't miss your victory breakdance because you've been debilitated by some fractures. Remember, it's all by His grace.

(For more lessons on the life of the Joseph, check out the author's book, "Sorry to Burst Your Bubble: Life Leadership Lessons from the Greatest Dreamer, published by NewDay Publishers. Available at National Bookstores and Power Books, and soon in e-book format at Vibe Bookstore.)

Originally published at CBNAsia.org: http://cbnasia.org/home/2013/07/breakthrough/