Think of the developments in Joseph's life over which he has no control at all. His father favours him inasmuch as he is born when his father is old and his father thereafter dotes on him. His brothers resent him. Foreign traders come along when his treacherous brothers have thrown him into a pit and carry him off to Egypt. In Egypt he's imprisoned.
Famine scourges the people.
All of this is beyond his control. He hasn't asked for any of it, isn't responsible for it, and can't do anything about it. Life isn't fair. He is powerless when a nasty woman slanders him and has him jailed. I'm forever caught in a welter of insecurities.