And So We Wait

As I was reading about Joseph in Egypt after his rise to power, I wondered—what was Joseph thinking while he waited for his brothers to return? (See Genesis 42-43) Trusting God, I'm sure, as that was his character. But it couldn't have been an easy wait. Joseph knew what the partial outcome would be. God had revealed that to him that in his dreams. His brothers had come once and bowed down to him. That was the first dream. But the second dream had prophesied something even greater. His father would also come under the influence Joseph's rule of Egypt. And so he waited. He waited with anticipation for the day he would embrace his father again.

Have you ever had to wait for something? I mean, wait for something you know is already settled, a sure promise you just don't yet have in hand?

We probably all can relate. Don't we pray as we have been told—asking, seeking, knocking—with the promise from the Lord that we will receive, find, or have opened to us? Yet, we find ourselves waiting.

We've been told that when we ask in His Name—His character/will—that our prayers will be heard and answered. But, He didn't give us a when. And so we wait.

Waiting is not easy—not for our children and not for us. But the one thing that really helps us wait is remembering Who we are waiting on—our Father.

Isn't it worth all the waiting to receive the answer of His embrace?

Wait and hope for and expect the Lord;

be brave and of good courage and let your heart be stout and enduring.

Yes, wait for and hope for and expect the Lord.

Psalm 27:14 (AMP)