“Unto you therefore which believe he is precious: but unto them which be disobedient, the stone which the builders disallowed, the same is made the head of the corner.”
— 1 Peter 2:7 (KJV)
There is something beautiful, even holy, about rejection. Not the pain of it, of course. Not the silent tears or the misunderstood intentions. But what God does with it. With God, rejection becomes redirection.
Joseph and his dreams were not welcomed. He was cast aside by his own brothers, thrown into a pit, sold into slavery. But like 1 Peter 2:7 tells us, the stone which the builders rejected was not forgotten. It was set apart for something greater — to become the cornerstone.
Joseph’s journey into Egypt wasn’t a detour — it was destiny. A strange kind of entry into fruitfulness. Egypt, a place of bondage for so many, became the land of Joseph’s favour and multiplication. And how did this happen? By the four powers that only God can provide.
1. Deliverance:
“And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt: but God was with him,
And delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favour and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and he made him governor over Egypt and all his house.” — Acts 7:9-10 (KJV)
God didn’t just bring Joseph out of the pit. He delivered him into purpose. God’s kind of deliverance is not just rescue, it is repositioning. Joseph didn’t end up in Pharaoh’s palace by luck.
2. Mercy:
“But the Lord was with Joseph, and shewed him mercy, and gave him favour in the sight of the keeper of the prison.” — Genesis 39:21 (KJV)
In the house of Potiphar, and even in the prison, the mercy of God found Joseph. Mercy doesn’t always look like escape — sometimes it looks like endurance, but with favour wrapped around it. God made Joseph’s prison a place of preparation.
3. Favour:
“And delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favour and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt…” — Acts 7:10 (KJV)
Favour is what takes you from the prison to the palace. Favour makes, doors swing open, and men say yes — even when they don’t know why.
4. Wisdom:
“And they were not able to resist the wisdom and the spirit by which he spake.” — Acts 6:10 (KJV)
Joseph’s wisdom wasn’t from textbooks. It was from God. A godly kind of wisdom that made him irresistible. This is the wisdom that breaks protocol, silences critics, and causes kings to lean in and listen.
Breaking Through Limitations
Like Joseph, we must be ready to break whatever stands as limitations in our lives as we see in Genesis 49:22:
“Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a well; whose branches run over the wall.”
— Genesis 49:22 (KJV)
Some walls we climb. Others, by grace, we outgrow:
- Run over the wall: When systems try to contain you, grow beyond the limitation.
- Sit on the wall: Turn whatever is meant to hold you back into a throne.
- Grow beyond the wall: Become too fruitful to be ignored, too wise to be overlooked, too favoured to be stopped.
So what do we learn?
You may be the stone that’s been rejected — overlooked, misunderstood, even sold out by the people closest to you. But in God’s hands, you are being shaped into the cornerstone of something unshakable.
Let Joseph’s story remind you: Egypt was not the end of the dream, it was the place where the dream matured. Know this: God is not just rescuing you, He is raising you.
God is not just delivering you, He is planting you in places of influence.
God is not just breaking your limits, He is making you unstoppable.
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