5 Now Joseph had a dream, and he told it to his brothers; and they hated him even more. 6 So he said to them, “Please hear this dream which I have dreamed: 7 There we were, binding sheaves in the field. Then behold, my sheaf arose and also stood upright; and indeed your sheaves stood all around and bowed down to my sheaf.” 8 And his brothers said to him, “Shall you indeed reign over us? Or shall you indeed have dominion over us?” So they hated him even more for his dreams and for his words. 9 Then he dreamed still another dream and told it to his brothers, and said, “Look, I have dreamed another dream. And this time, the sun, the moon, and the eleven stars bowed down to me.”
10 So he told it to his father and his brothers; and his father rebuked him and said to him, “What is this dream that you have dreamed? Shall your mother and I and your brothers indeed come to bow down to the earth before you?” 11 And his brothers envied him, but his father kept the matter in mind.
Genesis 37:5-11
The life of Joseph is chronicled in the book of Genesis. Joseph is the son Jacob and He is given a dream from God. The dream stated that Joseph would become a great leader. However, it would be many years before His dream actually came to pass.
Joseph had to wait for God’s plan to come to fruition. Waiting can be a frustrating experience. Yet, our lives are filled with moments (and sometimes hours) where we are forced to wait. Waiting upon God can be difficult while we are in the midst of the delay.
Yet, it is in the times of waiting that God often speaks the loudest. In those times, we learn of God’s goodness, His provision, and His love for us. The times of waiting often serve as God’s laboratory in our lives. There, He shapes us, humbles us, and renews us. While we do not enjoy waiting in the moment, once the promised is fulfilled we can look back and see God’s hand at work all along.
Are you in a time of waiting? If you are waiting on God, trust the Lord, believe His Word, and seek to learn of Him. Should we be doing these things at all times? Yes. And we should be pursuing these truths especially in the time of waiting.
May God richly bless you as wait upon Him.
Isaiah 40:31 Yet those who wait for the LORD Will gain new strength; They will mount up with wings like eagles, They will run and not get tired, They will walk and not become weary.
Tony French
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