TO CHEW ON: "'But remember me when it is well with you, and please show kindness to me; make mention of me to Pharaoh and get me out of this house' .... Yet the chief butler did not remember Joseph but forgot him." Genesis 40:14-23
I can just imagine how overjoyed Joseph must have been at this opportunity to interpret the dream of Pharaoh's butler who would soon return to the king's service. Can't you see him in the days after the butler has been reinstated, watching the comings to the prison and thinking — One of these people will be for me. Any hour now a messenger will come from Pharaoh to give me a chance to prove my innocence.
But day after day no one came. It was soon clear that the butler had forgotten all about Joseph. In fact, he languished in prison for two more years until Pharaoh had a dream that no one could interpret. Then the butler remembered Joseph (Genesis 41:1,9-13).
However, as we read the remainder of the story, it's easy to see how perfect God's timing was.
Trusting God's timing is still a challenge for us today. When answers to prayer are long delayed, when nothing happens and nothing happens and nothing happens, even when we unaccountably forget things we have no business forgetting (as the butler did), we can remind ourselves of the story of Joseph. We can trust God's ability to orchestrate the circumstances of our lives, as He did Joseph's, with precise and perfect timing.
PRAYER: Dear God, You know the things I am eager to see change. Please help me to wait patiently for You to work in Your way and at just the right time. Amen.
MORE: In His Time
- Words and music by Diane Ball, sung by the Maranatha Singers.
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Unless otherwise noted all Scripture quotations are taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
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