Be Thankful for God’s Timing
Genesis 37:28
God’s timing is like a tree and the branches and fruit are His grace and faithfulness.
Joseph’s story is complicated but the timing of God is evident. Joseph was 17 years old. He was his daddy’s favorite. God gave him dreams and his dreams made his brothers angry. Angry to the point they stripped him of his coat and through him in a pit but had second thoughts and took him out of the pit and sold him to some foreigners as the passed by, but he was bought by a wealthy man named Potiphar who took him to Egypt where Potiphar’s wife lied against him so Potiphar had him thrown in prison where he interpreted a butler and baker’s dream and later was remembered by them when he found favor with the Pharaoh by interpreting his dream. Pharaoh gave him all authority and when a famine came Joseph was able to bless his family and others even the brothers who through him in the pit.
What if?
Joseph was seventeen what if had been born earlier or later?
What if he wouldn’t have told them about his dream?
What if his brothers would have stayed in Schism instead of going on to Dothan?
What if they had not thrown him in the pit?
What if they hadn’t sold him to the Ishmalites?
What I’d they hadn’t taken him to Egypt?
What if Potiphar had not bought him?
What if Potiphar’s wife had not found him attractive?
What if Potiphar would have believed Joseph?
What if he wouldn’t have had favor with the prison guards?
What if he hadn’t interpreted the baker and butler’s dreams?
What if the Butler hadn’t taken 2 years to remember Joseph?
What if Joseph didn’t interpret the Pharaoh’s dream?
What if Pharaoh hadn’t given Joseph all authority & power?
What if Joseph’s brothers hadn’t come to Egypt to buy food?
WHAT IF JOSEPH’S BROTHERS HADN’T GOT HIM OUT OF THE PIT?
Joseph wouldn’t have been sold to the Ishmalites.
He wouldn’t have been taken to Egypt.
He wouldn’t have been bought by Potiphar.
He wouldn’t have been put in prison.
He wouldn’t have interpreted the butler & baker’s dream.
He wouldn’t have been recognized by the Pharaoh.
Pharaoh wouldn’t have given him all authority & power.
He wouldn’t have been in a position to honor & bless his family.
He wouldn’t have seen his baby brother Benjamin.
He wouldn’t have seen his father again.
His father wouldn’t have been able to bless his children.
He wouldn’t have heard his Father’s last words.
He wouldn’t have been there for his Father’s death & burial.
He wouldn’t have been able to declare Gen. 50:20, “But as for you, you meant evil against me; but God meant it for good, in order to bring it about as it is this day, to save many people alive.” because of Rom. 8:28, “And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.
Joseph would have been a 40 year old man walking around town in a bright coat prophesying and interpreting dreams while he and his family starved to death.
Be thankful for God’s timing and purpose. His timing is like a tree and the branches and fruit are His grace and faithfulness.
