God's Timing v. Ours

I just want to share the blessing I got from this morning's sermon by Pastor Paul of ALCF. The sermon was taken from Genesis 45:1-15. This story was about Joseph forgiving his brothers for what they did to him 22 years ago when they got jealous of Joseph and sold him away to Egypt. I am so encouraged by Joseph's faith specially in verse 8 that he said "So then, it was not you who sent me here, but God". He realized that it was God who had a divine purpose for him to be Pharaoh's right hand and a leader in Egypt to be eventually the provider for Israel in times of famine. If it wasn't because of Joseph, no one will know the years of famine that will come because Joseph was the one who interpreted Pharaoh's dreams per God's guidance.

You know when Joseph was "sold", I am sure that he felt sad, lonely, fearful, angry. Everything seemed to go wrong. In the same way, maybe there are some circumstances that we feel the same way that we feel God is not there. Probably about job, relationship, status, family, or other things. God is a sovereign God. He does not move according to our own timetable, but He moves according to His divine purpose for our lives.

Just like Mary, Martha and Lazarus story when Lazarus was very sick, and Mary and Martha asked Jesus to come to heal Lazarus. They were good friends of Jesus and they knew that Jesus is a healer. However, Jesus did not come in time to save Lazarus and the sisters were unhappy and undermined Jesus' power and questioned him that if he were there in time, Lazarus would not be dead. Here, Jesus wants to show them that He is more than a healer, He has the power to resurrect dead people. And Jesus would not be able to show that power if Lazarus was still alive. God has His own timing, sometimes we are just being impatient and angry for not being answered.

Romans 8:28
And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.