Helping Others in Spite of Our Problems

Genesis 40:2,5-8 ESV
“And Pharaoh was angry with his two officers, the chief cupbearer and the chief baker,  And one night they both dreamed—the cupbearer and the baker of the king of Egypt… When Joseph came to them in the morning, he saw that they were troubled. So he asked Pharaoh’s officers who were with him in custody in his master’s house, ‘Why are your faces downcast today?’ They said to him, ‘We have had dreams, and there is no one to interpret them.’ And Joseph said to them, ‘Do not interpretations belong to God? Please tell them to me.”’

Joseph did not wallow in self-pity, obvious he got right to work in the prison helping out the jailor. Caring for others is Joseph’s character. Yes, he needed some discression in his childhood but now he is a young man with aspirations. So what does a young man do in times like these, he looks to others and their needs.

Self-pity is one of the most distructive tools the enemy uses on us and we typically buy it hook, line and sinker. In self-pity we feel like we owe ourselves a good cry, a time to be depressed, time to feel like a failure.

Typically when something bad happens, almost always God puts someone with bigger problems in my pathway. I have a choice at that point, wallow in self-pity or help someone else in their time of distress.

Prayer:
Lord, when times are hard, don’t let me seek self-pity, or be angry or spread my garbage to others. Teach me to take the high road and look along the way for others I can help in need!