Have you ever been thrown into a situation so dark, so painful, that it felt like the end of everything God promised you? What if that pit is actually the pathway to your purpose?

We read in Genesis 37 that Joseph’s brothers stripped him, threw him into a dry cistern, and left him for dead. However, while they were waiting, a caravan of merchants came nearby, and they decided it was better to at least make some money off of their brother. So, they sold him as a slave for twenty pieces of silver. Everything that could go wrong for Joseph did. His dreams seemed not just delayed but destroyed. The pit was real. The betrayal was brutal. The caravan to Egypt must have felt like a death march.

Yet here’s the stunning truth: the pit was providence. God wasn’t absent in Joseph’s worst moment. He was orchestrating something. That pit positioned Joseph for Egypt. That slave caravan was his transportation to destiny. What his brothers meant for evil, God intended for good.

Sometimes God’s provision doesn’t look like rescue from the pit—it looks like purpose through the pit. The very thing that seems to destroy your dream may be delivering you to it. The betrayal that breaks your heart may be breaking open the path to your calling.

This doesn’t minimize the pain. Joseph’s suffering was real, and God doesn’t cause evil. But it is part of His good providence, and He always redeems it. He weaves even the worst threads into His tapestry of purpose.

If you’re in a pit today—betrayed, sold out, watching your dreams disappear—don’t lose hope. Look up. God sees you there. And sometimes the pit isn’t punishment. It’s positioning. Your blessing awaits, and this darkness is just the passage to it. Trust His providence, even in the pit.

Change begins in you!