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When Smaller Doors Shut For Bigger Doors

Genesis 40:23 (NKJV): “Yet the chief butler did not remember Joseph, but forgot him.”

The Bible records how Joseph was put in prison for something he did not do. While there, two of Pharaoh’s officials who were in prison with him, the baker and the butler, had dreams they couldn’t understand. Joseph interpreted both dreams correctly.

He told the butler that he would be released and serve Pharaoh again. Joseph also told the butler that if he was released, he should remember him and help him get out of prison (Genesis 40:1-23). However, the butler forgot.

On the face of it, this seemed very unfair. Why would the butler forget even after Joseph had helped him? In God’s mind, this closed door was not a mistake. He had a bigger plan for Joseph.

Sometimes the smaller door must remain shut because a bigger one is waiting.

If Joseph had left prison through the butler’s help, he might never have met Pharaoh. But two years later, Pharaoh had a dream, and suddenly Joseph was remembered (Genesis 41:1).

Pharaoh’s dream did not simply bring Joseph out of prison, it brought him into the palace and he became second in command over all of Egypt.

God did not allow the butler’s door to open because it was too small for what He had planned.

You must understand and embrace this truth: when a door does not open, even after you have done everything right, it might not be the devil fighting you. It might be God guiding you to a greater door

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