The Stronghold of God by Francis Frangipane

“Valleys produce fruitfulness (90).”

“Finally, at the right moment, the Lord suddenly connected all the loose ends of Joseph’s life.  Everything that Joseph went through would have seemed cruel and unfair, except that the Lord was shaping a man for His purpose.  God uses everything we go through for future purposes that He alone sees.  We do not see His ultimate plan while we are in the valley; we must remember the vision, keeping faith in what God has promised (92).” 

“”He named the second Ephraim, “For,” he said, “God has made me fruituful in the land of my affliction”” (Gen. 41:52).  god made him fruitful in the very things that afflicted him.  In the land of your affliction, in your battle, is the place where God will make you fruitful (93).””