At that point the average guy would have stopped talking. But Joseph is on a roll and God is with him. Joseph says, "I'm a Hebrew. I'm not from here. I barely speak the language. I have been in prison most of my life! But let me share with all of you wise men how to save the nation of Egypt from this famine. Pharaoh, get your pen out. Let me tell you what you need to do, okay?"
Joseph steps way over the line, and starts telling Pharaoh how to run his own kingdom! And the cupbearer is listening to all this, thinking, "Oh, why did I even bring this up? Who is this kid?" But see, there's nothing to fear when you are confident God is with you!
Joseph finishes giving his interpretation. Pharaoh says, "You know what? I'm putting you in charge of my entire kingdom. In fact, you will be number two in command."
Everyone around Pharaoh who's trying to be number two in command is looking at each other like, "What!? He's not even from here! Did you hear that accent? Look at him! He was in the dungeon 30 minutes ago. You are putting him in charge of the whole nation?" Pharaoh's says, "Yeah, anybody got a problem with that?"
"No, we think it's a great idea," they respond.
"So Pharaoh said to Joseph, 'I hereby put you in charge of the whole land of Egypt.' Here's my ring. Now, go out there and get it done for these next seven years, and get us ready for the seven years that follow."
Why did that happen? For the same reason he got thrown in the pit, sold, framed, put back in the dungeon, and forgotten. God was with him.
Joseph was so smart. He did exactly what a 30-year-old guy would do who had spent most of their life in prison and suddenly had an opportunity to stand before a king and was given the responsibility of the nation of Egypt. He did exactly what anybody in that position would do who was confident God was with him.
Within 14 years Pharaoh owned everybody and everything in Egypt. Joseph made Pharaoh the wealthiest individual in the world because of the way that he handled the affairs of the nation. Pharaoh ended up being able to buy all the land of Egypt, all the livestock of Egypt, and all the people of Egypt. Pharaoh owned everything because of Joseph's wisdom and because he applied his skill to the opportunity that God put before him.
And now all of a sudden, it was a different day. What do you do with that much power? What do you do with that much influence? What do you do with that much wealth? What do you do when everybody has to do what you tell them to do? Joseph did exactly what anybody would do who was absolutely confident that God was with them.
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