Joseph got put in charge of other prisoners while he was in prison. Do good work even in places you didn’t choose.
GRATITUDE
WHAT THIS MEANS
Where you are is not a reason to be bad at what you do. He was running things inside a place he never chose to be, which is a strange kind of dignity and also the only kind available in there. Doing careful work in a situation you resent is not approval of the situation. It is refusing to let the situation decide what sort of worker you are.
Take the thing you are stuck with this week, the class, the job, the team, and do it properly for five days. Not forever. Just long enough to prove the standard is yours.
A QUESTION TO SIT WITH
Where are you doing poor work because you did not choose it?
MORE IN FAITH, GRACE & PURPOSE
- A day of rest isn’t a rule to make you less productive. It’s a gift to remind you you’re not a machine.
- Forgiveness at home sometimes sounds like knocking on a door you slammed an hour ago.
- Waiting to find your purpose before you start serving is like waiting to learn to swim before you get in the water.
Free, with nothing to buy inside it.