Dream to Destiny Part 2: The Pit Test

DREAM TO DESTINY

Part 2: The Pit Test

May 28, 2023

What is a Pit?

Any difficult situation that leaves us feeling

and as though there is .

(Genesis 37:13-24 ESV) And Israel said to Joseph, “Are not your brothers pasturing the flock at Shechem? Come, I will send you to them.” And he said to him, “Here I am.” So he said to him, “Go now, see if it is well with your brothers and with the flock, and bring me word.” So he sent him from the Valley of Hebron, and he came to Shechem. And a man found him wandering in the fields. And the man asked him, “What are you seeking?” “I am seeking my brothers,” he said. “Tell me, please, where they are pasturing the flock.” And the man said, “They have gone away, for I heard them say, ‘Let us go to Dothan.’” So Joseph went after his brothers and found them at Dothan. They saw him from afar, and before he came near to them they conspired against him to kill him. They said to one another, “Here comes this dreamer. Come now, let us kill him and throw him into one of the pits. Then we will say that a fierce animal has devoured him, and we will see what will become of his dreams.” But when Reuben heard it, he rescued him out of their hands, saying, “Let us not take his life.” And Reuben said to them, “Shed no blood; throw him into this pit here in the wilderness, but do not lay a hand on him”—that he might rescue him out of their hand to restore him to his father. So when Joseph came to his brothers, they stripped him of his robe, the robe of many colors that he wore. And they took him and threw him into a pit. The pit was empty; there was no water in it.

(John 16:33 NLT) I have told you all this so that you may have peace in me. Here on earth you will have many trials and sorrows. But take heart, because I have overcome the world.

• We can into a pit

(Proverbs 14:12 MSG) There’s a way of life that looks harmless enough; look again—it leads straight to hell. 


• We can into a pit

(Psalm 88:8 TLB) You have made my friends to loathe me, and they have gone away. I am in a trap with no way out. 


• We can into a pit

(Psalm 34:18 GN) The Lord is near to those who are discouraged; he sees those who have lost all hope.

(1 Corinthians 10:13 MSG) All you need to remember is that God will never let you down; he’ll never let you be pushed past your limit; he’ll always be there to help you come through it.

1. Accept .

(Genesis 37:18 NKJV) Now when they saw him afar off, even before he came near them, they conspired against him to kill him.

(Psalm 51:5-6 MSG) I’ve been out of step with you for a long time, in the wrong since before I was born. What you’re after is truth from the inside out.

2. Seek .

(John 3:17 NIV) For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.

(Genesis 37:31-33 NIV) Then they got Joseph’s robe, slaughtered a goat and dipped the robe in the blood. They took the ornate robe back to their father and said, “We found this. Examine it to see whether it is your son’s robe.” He recognized it and said, “It is my son’s robe! Some ferocious animal has devoured him. Joseph has surely been torn to pieces.”

3. to God.

(Jonah 2:1-2,6 NKJV) Then Jonah prayed to the Lord his God from the fish’s belly. And he said: “I cried out to the Lord because of my affliction, and He answered me. “Out of the belly of Sheol I cried, and You heard my voice…You have brought up my life from the pit, O Lord, my God.

(Genesis 37:22 ESV) And Reuben said to them, “Shed no blood; throw him into this pit here in the wilderness, but do not lay a hand on him”—that he might rescue him out of their hand to restore him to his father.

(1 Peter 5:5-7 NIV) God opposes the proud but shows favor to the humble.” Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time. Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.