Knowing God

It has been a long time since I last posted but I thought I should write this down. I have been going through the story of Joseph and also reading Donald Miller's book "Searching for God Know's What". It dawned on me that Joseph's relationship with God must have been incredibly strong and real. He gets a vision from God that his whole family will bow down to him and the next thing you know he is a slave in Egypt, not where his family is. He hangs on to God through this and even seems like he is getting somewhere in Potiphar's house until Potiphar's wife falsely accuses him and then he is in the Pharaoh's prison, not looking up. But he holds on and when he finally meets up with Pharaoh he still gives God all the credit for the ability to interpret dreams. I can't believe that Joseph found some secret 3 step program that kept him trusting in God. I have to believe that he talked to God and he heard God and God was more real to him than Potiphar's wife or even Pharaoh. I also have to believe that he knew without a doubt that God loved him and that all that was planned for him was so much greater than he could imagine. Oh, that I could trust that way and have faith in what is true and not in how I interpret what I see. I will hang on to God's promises though, I know that I will not be disappointed by relying on God to make it happen.