As far as everyone else can see, he’s the most pitiful creature in the world. Whenever things started to look up for him they quickly came crashing down—even though he’s faithful. BECAUSE he’s faithful. But that little phrase lets us in on something that nobody else could see and that Joseph could only hold onto in faith: "The LORD was with Joseph." Joseph spent thirteen years of his life in Potiphar’s house and in prison. But it wasn’t that God didn’t understand or didn’t care. He had a plan for Joseph.