God's Timing!

We live in a world where time is of the up most importance. We go to work at a certain time and get off work at a certain time. We have programs that we watch on TV daily which start at a set time. We get paid at a set day and time and the list is indefinite. But our timing isn't always the same as what God timing is. We want things now, where God might have a plan for that same thing that is years away. In most parts of America we live in a fast paced society where we cannot understand why things takes so long to happen. But God knows the future as well as the past. His time schedule isn't always what we think it should be.

Lets look at Joseph in the Book of Genesis. When Rachel, Jacobs wife gave birth to Joseph, Jacobs loved him dearly. His other brothers saw this and wanted to kill him. When Jacob sent Joseph out to check on how the brothers were doing, they decided they were going to kill him. That was not in God's plan and Reuben heard of the plan and talked his brothers out of it and they sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty shekels of silver. God had a plan for Joseph and had him sold to Potiphar an officer of Pharaoh.

It turned out that Potiphar's wife wanted Joseph but he refused her and she ended up having him thrown into prison. But God was with Joseph and had him find favor with the keeper of the prison.
Genesis: 39:21
(But the Lord was with Joseph and showed him mercy, and He gave him favor in the sight of the keeper of the prison.)
God had a plan for Joseph and he would eventually interpret a dream for Pharaoh. God had given Pharaoh a dream to let him know that there was coming seven years of plenty followed by seven years of famine in Egypt.
Genesis; 41:28-30
(This is the thing which I have spoken to Pharaoh. God has shown Pharaoh what He is about to do. Indeed seven years of great plenty will come throughout all the land of Egypt; but after them seven years of famine will arise, and all the plenty will will be forgotten in the land of Egypt; and the famine will deplete the land.)
So Joseph found favor in the sight of Pharaoh and he put him in charge of all the land of Egypt. He was to gather in some food from all land through every plentiful year to use when the famine struck the land.

When Jacob sent his sons to Egypt to buy food and they finally found out who it was that they had been buying food from, they were afraid because of what they had done to Joseph years before. This is what Joseph said to them to put their minds at ease.
Genesis; 45:4-5
(And Joseph said to his brothers, "Please come near to me." So they came near. Then he said: "I am Joseph your brother, whom you sold into Egypt. But now, do not therefore be grieved or angry with yourselves because you sold me here; for God sent me before you to preserve life.)
God had a timetable for the life of Joseph, and when he was thrown into prison it was part of the plan of God to preserve life in the land. Joseph tried to get out of the prison two years earlier but that wasn't God's timetable. He had to wait for the dream to be interpreted two years later.

We need to remember that what we think we need right now may not be in God's timetable for our life. We need to trust in the Lord and know that He knows what is best for us. We do know that God doesn't want any of us to perish in hell. When the time was right, God sent Jesus to be the sacrificial lamb for all the world. He has given us eternal life as a gift, but we must believe in His Son Jesus Christ and who put our faith in Him.
John; 3:16
(For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.)
We don't know how many days we have left to live, so give your life to Jesus today. Become part of the family of God.

God Bless You!