Over the past 25 years we have become a right now society. We don't believe in being put on hold for anything.If we are on the phone and get placed on hold for more than 2 minutes we will get impatient and hang up the phone. Caller ID has allowed us to screen calls we don't want to accept.But, what if God put you on hold? Would you hang up(give up) the line or would you be patient enough to wait on the answer? God has a place and time for everything. We pray and ask God for things, and most time we feel that God is not listening.We have to understand that God always hear us when we pray to him.At the particular time we are asking for something, God know that we may not be mature enough to handle it, so he puts us on hold. Those of us who are parents can probably remember back when our children were younger and pleaded with us to get them something that we felt they were not mature enough to handle.We put them on hold until a later time when we felt they were able to handle whatever it was they wanted.It is the same way with God and us.We can literally destroy ourselves and others if God were to give us things before the right time.
In Genesis you can read the story of Joseph. At the age of 17, Joseph was plotted against by his brothers and was sold in slavery to the Egyptians. Joseph was a faithful servant to God, but now Joseph life is put on hold.Little did Joseph know that God was preparing him for something great. 13 years later, a severe famine swept across the land. There wasn't any food to be found anywhere except in Egypt. Joseph was placed second in command, so he was in charge of the food supply.Because of the shortage of food, Joseph brother were sent to him by their father for food. The brothers had no idea who Joseph was, but Joseph recognized them right away.Joseph was able to save his family from starving. The point of the story is, that if God would have given Joseph that kind of authority 10 years earlie,r he may not have been mature enough to handle it then.Could you imagine what Joseph would have done if his brothers would have come to him years ago?God always have an appointed time for everything. So, if you have prayed for something and God has put you on hold, have patients and don't hang up the line.
In Genesis you can read the story of Joseph. At the age of 17, Joseph was plotted against by his brothers and was sold in slavery to the Egyptians. Joseph was a faithful servant to God, but now Joseph life is put on hold.Little did Joseph know that God was preparing him for something great. 13 years later, a severe famine swept across the land. There wasn't any food to be found anywhere except in Egypt. Joseph was placed second in command, so he was in charge of the food supply.Because of the shortage of food, Joseph brother were sent to him by their father for food. The brothers had no idea who Joseph was, but Joseph recognized them right away.Joseph was able to save his family from starving. The point of the story is, that if God would have given Joseph that kind of authority 10 years earlie,r he may not have been mature enough to handle it then.Could you imagine what Joseph would have done if his brothers would have come to him years ago?God always have an appointed time for everything. So, if you have prayed for something and God has put you on hold, have patients and don't hang up the line.
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