Joseph had favour from God, even when his brothers put him in a pit, even when he was falsely accused and imprisoned. And God shaped him in the pit. When we find ourselves in a pit, none of the things we do to get out actually lead to life, but we have access to God's power through relationship with Him. God meets us in the pit, he forms us in the pit, but it's really easy to forget once we're out of the pit. Our church family is there to help us remember and to build us up in the Lord.