Genesis 45:8 So now it was not you that sent me hither, but God: and he hath made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt.
Joseph’s response to God’s gracious working was to believe the Promise and entrust himself to God’s Providence. It may look to the eyes of the world that the brothers were responsible for getting Joseph to Egypt, but the eyes of faith see God over the sins and behind the events to fulfill His Promise and work out all things according His Will. Joseph says, ”It was not you, it was not me, but it was God.”
In spite of our sins and failures, and in spite of all human and demonic attempts to thwart and abort the purposes of the Lord God, He still works out all things for good to effect our eternal salvation. Sometimes we can see the hand of God in the past, but we need faith to see the hand of God in the future. The Spirit grants spiritual insight and quiet confidence through faith in the Gospel. God gives us the faith to see the certain future, that God is in it, and along life’s journey He encourages us by showing how He has been working in our life up to this point.
Joseph is a type of Christ, but he is also an example for us. We respond in faith by confessing that God sent us; and not we ourselves. And we believe that He made us priests and kings, like He made Joseph father and lord and ruler. We didn’t make ourselves. God makes something out of nothing. He makes kings out of slaves and prisoners.