28/08/2024
DAILY DIVINE WORD
Wednesday 28th August 2024
TOPIC: WHILE WAITING
TEXT: Gen.50.15 - When Joseph's brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, "What if Joseph holds a grudge against us and pays us back for all the wrongs we did to him?"
Gen.50.16 - So they sent word to Joseph, saying, "Your father left these instructions before he died:
Gen.50.17 - 'This is what you are to say to Joseph: I ask you to forgive your brothers the sins and the wrongs they committed in treating you so badly.' Now please forgive the sins of the servants of the God of your father." When their message came to him, Joseph wept.
Gen.50.18 - His brothers then came and threw themselves down before him. "We are your slaves," they said.
Gen.50.19 - But Joseph said to them, "Don't be afraid. Am I in the place of God?
Gen.50.20 - You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives.
As we know that waiting period isn't a wasting period and that God is building something serious in our lives as we wait on him to bring to pass his promises. The question here now is that, while we wait what should we get busy with? We can't afford to allow the period of waiting to just be a time where we relax, rest, or do nothing. And if we fail to get the point God is making during our waiting period, we may waste the results when we finally get to the destination.
One of the reasons why God would take us through a path where we wait is because he wants to build us for what we are expecting, so while we wait we must pay attention to what he's doing with our lives. Joseph had a revelation from God about what his life would become but before he would get to where God wants him to be, there are a lot of things he must learn. These things are not what he would learn in his father's house. Beyond the skills, there's another thing God wants him to learn while he waits for destiny fulfillment.
In the text above, Joseph explained to his brothers that while he was waiting in slavery, he had learned that whatever becomes of his life, it's God who had permitted it. He must have learned that during the waiting period, he must have been paying attention to what God was doing in his life during those 13 years of rigorous waiting. He didn't fumble what God did through him because while waiting, he understood what God was doing with him.
Pay close attention to what God is doing with your life, don't just sit there and say you're waiting. Don't be like Saul, be intentional about everything that is going on around you now, develop your relationship with God more, build up your skills, and be more resolute and sensitive to how God is dealing with you. Remember, if your waiting period is worth it, then you must be deliberate.
THINK TANK: While waiting, learn what about what God is making with your life.
Written By
Mayokun Temileyi Adeoti
Ignite Generation