When Joseph was in the pit, God came to him and comforted him with himself, and Joseph was humbled. When God shows us our true selves, sometimes it's depressing. Joseph's call was mighty and so is ours. We need to die to self, and let the crucified One who lives in us live through us. He will give us power to die to the things he's asking us to. Our willingess to follow him in this, to follow our Master and lay down our life for his purposes is a life lived sacrificially. The pit creates a longing to shed the selfish and proud life in us and want more of God. This is a message about taking up our cross.
