I Told You So (Gen. 40-50)

Last post we talked about Joseph and his brothers selling him into slavery. Today we are gonna finish the story. Joseph went from living in a Captain of the Guards home, to jail, to be in charge of all of the land of Egypt.



 ³⁹ Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Since God has made all this known to you, there is no one so discerning and wise as you. ⁴⁰ You shall be in charge of my palace, and all my people are to submit to your orders. Only with respect to the throne will I be greater than you.”

Joseph in Charge of Egypt

 ⁴¹ So Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I hereby put you in charge of the whole land of Egypt.” ⁴² Then Pharaoh took his signet ring from his finger and put it on Joseph’s finger. He dressed him in robes of fine linen and put a gold chain around his neck. ⁴³ He had him ride in a chariot as his second-in-command,^[b] and people shouted before him, “Make way^[c]!” Thus he put him in charge of the whole land of Egypt. 

Once upon a time God gave Joseph a dream that he would do something great. It took a long time and some sick twists but got accomplished what He wanted to through Joseph. If Joseph had given up or gotten distracted he would not have reached his full potential.

One of my biggest problems is that I am not a very patient person. I want it done yesterday and this obviously does not work out well for me being that I am on God's timing. I regularly get distracted and start doing something else if it doesn't happen in my time frame. The question is though, what if I waited? What if I trusted God to do what He said He would? I may have had the opportunity to see some amazing things happen. We must realize that God wants to do something in our lives that is great, but it is not going to be our way or our timing.