Promoted, Then Nearly Killed: The Biblical Cost of Leadership

At seventeen, Joseph was given the robe of rule, and before he opened his mouth his brothers said, "Let us slay him." Jacob was not playing favourites: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah had broken the commandments one by one, and no father building an inheritance for his children's children could hand it to the wicked. But the robe was never just a gift. It was a burden Joseph could not take off, the cost of ruling among men who hate you, and it is the pattern of Christ, who rules in the midst of His enemies.