Throughout the month of March, we have been examining the faith of one of the great dreamers of the Bible … Joseph (the great grandson of Abraham). Joseph did not give up on his dream for the future and neither should we! He continued to wait for the LORD through 13 tough years of his life and in the waiting Joseph learned a greater dependence upon the LORD. Although Isaiah wrote the following words much later, they apply to Joseph’s enduring trust in the LORD:
Doyou not know? Have you not heard? The Everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth; Does not become weary or tired; His understanding is inscrutable. He gives strength to the weary; And to him who lacks might He increases power. Though youths grow weary and tired; And vigorous young men stumble badly; 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. Isaiah 40:28-31 NASB
Throughout the Joseph’s story we see him waiting for the LORD to fulfill his dreams. And throughout the story, we see the LORD actively at work providing opportunities at just the right time not just for Joseph’s life, but for the greater good of what God is seeking to accomplish for His people and in the world at large. You see it wasn’t just a coincidence that at just the right time when his brothers were ready to kill him in his homeland that a band of slave traders traveling to Egypt would be walking by … and it wasn’t a coincidence that Joseph just happened to be sold as a slave in Egypt to Potiphar, Pharaoh’s captain of the guard, … and it wasn’t a coincidence that he happened to be falsely accused by Potiphar’s lustful wife, … and it wasn’t a coincidence that he just happened to be in prison at the same time that Pharaoh’s cup bearer would be in prison and then have a dream that Joseph could interpret … and it wasn’t just a coincidence that the cup bearer would forget about Joseph until two years later when Pharaoh himself had a bizarre dream (actually two bizarre dreams) and then he would say … hey there is a guy in prison named, Joseph can interpret dreams and I just now remembered him!!
Remember … “A coincidence is a small miracle in which God chooses to remain anonymous!” I believe by faith, the LORD is continually at work in our world in a miraculous way, even when we don’t recognize his handiwork and when we simply say … “oh that was a coincidence!”
Are you waiting for the LORD to act in your life and to fulfill the dreams that He has for your life?
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