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31 “Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, “It isn’t in me. God will give Pharaoh an answer of peace.””

 Genesis 41:16 

 Joseph is brought to the attention of Pharaoh to interpret a troublesome dream that the Pharaoh has had. He had been sold as a slave by his brothers, worked as a slave for Potiphar and now finds himself in prison through no fault of his own. The butler who he befriended in prison and interpreted his dream, finally remembers Jospeh and so Jospeh is brought before Pharaoh. Joseph has been brought to this position by God. God often makes us wait patiently for His blessing for He has plans that we cannot see. He has promised to be with us in all our stumbling and will vindicate our cause at the right time so that His saving power will be seen. This was certainly the case for the people of Egypt who were entering times of great hardship and the grace of Joseph, the grace of God, was experienced by them all and many in other lands too, not least Joseph’s own family.

 God has purposes in our life too and we wait patiently and hone our prayers so that the glory of God is seen. God is calling people into His kingdom and will work all things out for the good of those people. We wait patiently and pray that God’s will will be done, and the kingdom of God extended to all who will believe.

“I waited patiently for the Lord. He turned to me, and heard my cry.”

 Psalm 40:1

 Let us be still and wait for the timing of God to answer our prayers.