🕳️ 《The Pit Wasn't the End》

A Literary Devotional Narrative in English

The sun was high.
The fields were quiet.
And Joseph came,
searching for brothers
but walking into betrayal.

They saw him—
the coat,
the dreams,
the memory of being second to him.

“Let’s kill him.”
“No, throw him in the cistern.”
“Wait, here come Ishmaelites…”

The plan changed,
but the heart stayed the same.
They stripped the robe—
stripped his dignity—
and cast him into a pit.

Empty.
Dark.
Hopeless.

“They sat down to eat.” (Genesis 37:25)
While he cried for help.

Then coins.
Silver for silence.
A slave’s price.

“They sold him for twenty shekels.” (v.28)

And the dreamer
was carried away in chains.

But dreams don’t die
in dry cisterns.
They just descend
into Egypt.

🙏 Five Devotional Themes and Reflective Questions

Betrayal often comes from those closest to us.
→ How do I respond when those I trust wound me deeply?
Our lowest points are not outside of God's plan.
→ Can I believe God is present even when I feel abandoned?
God’s silence doesn’t mean His absence.
→ In what moments of silence has God still been at work in my story?
People may sell you out, but God still buys you in.
→ Who defines my value—others, or the God who sees my worth?
What feels like an end may be the beginning of destiny.
→ What “pit” in my life might be preparing me for a greater purpose?