“The LORD was with Joseph, and he was a successful man; and he was in the house of his Master the Egyptian.” (Genesis 39:2)
 
 As the children of the Most High God, the place for His children is up in the high and not in the low. God called Moses after having kept himself and the children of Israel in the low, “Depart and go up from here, you and the people whom you have brought out of the land of Egypt, to the land which I swore to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob…” (Exodus 33:1) Indeed God wants to bring all of His children up and not low where there is no motion but stagnation. However, getting up to the top in His calling is not child’s play. Moses, wanted to know the way of bringing the children of Israel up, and he called on God, “Now therefore, I pray, if I have found grace in Your sight, show me now Your way, that I may know You and that I may find grace in Your sight. And consider that this nation is Your people.” (Exodus 33:13)  Moses, by virtue of his asking, knew that knowing God is in knowing the way of God. God responded to Moses’ request, “And He said, My Presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.” (Exodus 33:14) The point here is clear: the way of God is God, the presence of God is His way, and in the presence of God there is rest. What could a man desire in the journey of life? In every area of life the presence of God is all that matters and it is power to those that knows to obey and follow His word because in His word is His presence. Throughout the pages of the Bible, so many giants in the hand of God did not make it except with the presence of God. Joseph, a young slave in Egypt in the house of Potiphar, prevailed because, “The LORD was with Joseph, and he was a successful man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian.” (Genesis 39:2) Success could not avoid the slave boy Joseph because the Lord was with him. It was evident to Potiphar to see that the Lord was with Joseph. The statement, “the Lord was with Joseph” is repeated two other times in the same chapter of Genesis 39. The Lord was with him because the enemies choose to be against him. As a believer, every time you are set to be elevated by God, the enemy will set to offset what the Lord wants to do in your life. In the case of Joseph, the enemy cannot be more powerful because the enemy’s choice to be against Joseph is what provoked the Lord to be for Joseph. The presence of the Lord was with Joseph and it was visible enough for all who were around him to see. Is the Lord with you in all that you are doing? Every time the phrase “The Lord was with Joseph” was mentioned, there was mercy, favor, prosperity, success and authority in place in the life of Joseph. When God is for you, no man can be against you except you being against yourself by walking outside of His Word. It is important for believers of the Word to know that the Word of God is forever true and He will not fail to perform His Word. God is the only one who turns around the evil intent of the enemy to come out for good. As a worshiper and obedient child of the Most High God who is faithful in walking the walk, you can be assured that all the wicked plans that have been set up against you for years, months or weeks, by your closest ones are what God will use to turn around your stagnation into motion. God is waiting and all that He did not allow will not be allowed in your life. When the Lord is with you, His presence will raise you up. Like Joseph, King David also enjoyed the presence of God that delivered him from King Saul. 1 Samuel 18:12, “Now Saul was afraid of David, because the LORD was with him, but had departed from Saul.” The presence of God made a king to be in fear of the young David. Also in 1 Samuel 18:14, “…David behaved wisely in all his ways, and the LORD was with him.” In deed and in truth, there is nothing more for a believer to desire than the presence of the Lord God Almighty. This was evident in the life of Moses, Joseph, and King David. The days, weeks, months, and years past have been with great challenges. As a believer who has been privileged by His grace to see the day you are in, it is worth to look back and give God all the glory for His presence that has brought you this far. Acknowledging and thanking God for the past, the present and the future is all that will provoke His hand to continue to drive your vessel up to where He wants to see it arrive.
 
No grave trouble will overtake the righteous, but the wicked shall be filled with evil
(Proverbs12:21)
When a man’s ways please the LORD, He makes even his enemies to be at peace with him.
(Proverbs 16:7)