In the start of chapter 40 Joseph has two new people join him in prison, a cup bearer and a chief baker. The bible says that they had been there for "quite some time" until things started to 'pick up'. Both men had a dream on the same night. Joseph tells the men that is he able to interpret the dreams but not because he is talented in himself but because the God that lives inside of him is capable. Joseph gives glory to the Lord. In all that we do good in, is it not a gift from God that we can do these things? It is. We are literally nothing without him and because Joseph gives him glory in ALL that he does, the Lord is there for him and gives him these things. In Psalms 37:4 it says "Delight in the Lord, and he will give you the desires or your heart." I encourage myself and any of you to remember that and hold onto it. If we just live our lives for a God that loves us SO much then he WILL gives us what we desire most in life. What a gift.
Continuing on, the cup bearer tells Joseph about his dream first. Joseph interprets his dream and ultimately tells him that it means that in three days he will be given a second chance and will do good with Pharaoh. The only thing Joseph asks of the cup bearer is tat he remembers him and tells Pharaoh about him and that he is an innocent man.
Now being as that the chief baker saw such favor in the cup bearer when Joseph interpreted his dream, he wasted no time and told Joseph his dream. Unlike the first one, there was a different interpretation. Joseph ultimately told the chief baker that in three days he will also be taken out of prison, but only to be killed.
Just as Joseph had interpreted everything occurred. Three days came and Pharaoh released both men. One, the cup bearer, was given his job back to him and the other, the chief baker, was killed. So Joseph must be sitting real pretty right now, he must be thinking the cup bearer will surely mention the Pharaoh to him and give him the chance that he deserves of freedom but this is not the case. The cup bearer forgot about Joseph. Put yourself in Joseph's shoes again really quick. He's been up and down and up and down and finally he sees a chance of possibly getting back up, getting out of that horrid prison. When all of the sudden the only reason he doesn't get to is because a man forgot about him. I'm sure Joseph is starting to really question the Lord in all of this and start to wonder why he is going through all of it. It has to be so hard but he still remains in the Lord and is faithful. Even though he doesn't deserve to be sitting at the bottom; if anything he deserves to be at the very top, he still trusts in the Lord and believes he is going through all of this for a reason.
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