Beginning of the End - Ellen G. White

home as an exile and fugitive. He had been told of the Lord's
promises to Jacob, and how, in the hour of need, angels had come to
instruct, comfort, and protect him. He had learned of the love of
God in providing a Redeemer. Now all of these precious lessons
came vividly before him. Joseph believed that the God of his fathers
would be his God. Then and there he gave himself fully to the Lord
and prayed that the Keeper of Israel would be with him in his exile.
His soul thrilled with the high resolve to prove true to God, to
act as a subject of the King of heaven. He would meet the trials of
his life with inner strength and perform every duty faithfully. One
day's terrible calamity had changed him from a pampered child to a
man,--thoughtful, courageous, and self-possessed.
Arriving in Egypt, Joseph was sold to Potiphar, captain of the
king's guard. Here, for ten years, he was exposed to temptations in
the midst of idolatry, surrounded by all the pomp of royalty, the
wealth and culture of the most highly civilized nation then in
existence. Yet Joseph preserved his faithfulness to God. The sights
and sounds of evil were all around him, but he was like someone
who neither saw nor heard. He did not permit his thoughts to linger
on forbidden subjects. The desire to gain the favor of the Egyptians
could not cause him to conceal his principles. He made no effort to
hide the fact that he was a worshiper of Jehovah.
"The Lord was with Joseph, and he was a successful man. ...
And his master saw that the Lord was with him and that the Lord
made all he did to prosper in his hand." Potiphar's confidence in
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