Wait for the Right Time
“He restored the chief cup bearer to his position again, and he gave the cup into Pharaoh’s hand; but he hanged the chief baker, as Joseph had interpreted to them. Yet the chief cup bearer didn’t remember Joseph, but forgot him.” (Genesis 40:21-23 WEB)
We all want our season of promotion and blessedness to come immediately. However, before that season, there is usually a quiet one of preparation.
In Joseph’s life, he was in prison for a crime he did not commit. After interpreting the dreams of two royal subjects, Joseph told them to remember him before Pharaoh, but the chief butler forgot about Joseph.
Just like that, two years went by. Can you imagine how disappointed Joseph must have felt? He might have thought, “Am I ever getting out of this prison, or will I spend my whole life in here?”
You may be feeling the same way. Your circumstances may be like a prison whereby you are existing, but not truly living the “life more abundantly” that Jesus died for you to have.
For a person who has a sickness, the abundant life would look like a healthy body that can do anything without feeling weakness or pain.
For a person who is lonely, the abundant life would look like having a spouse that he can share his life with.
For a person who is poor and in debt, the abundant life would look like having all debts paid and having more than enough savings to even be a blessing to others.
Was Joseph destined to stay in prison for the rest of his life? Let’s read the story:
“At the end of two full years, Pharaoh dreamed: and behold, he stood by the river...In the morning, his spirit was troubled, and he sent and called for all of Egypt’s magicians and wise men. Pharaoh told them his dreams, but there was no one who could interpret them to Pharaoh. Then the chief cup bearer spoke to Pharaoh, saying, “I remember my faults today. Pharaoh was angry with his servants, and put me in custody in the house of the captain of the guard, me and the chief baker. We dreamed a dream in one night, I and he. We dreamed each man according to the interpretation of his dream. There was with us there a young man, a Hebrew, servant to the captain of the guard, and we told him, and he interpreted to us our dreams. To each man according to his dream he interpreted. As he interpreted to us, so it was. He restored me to my office, and he hanged him.” Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought him hastily out of the dungeon. He shaved himself, changed his clothing, and came in to Pharaoh. Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I have dreamed a dream, and there is no one who can interpret it. I have heard it said of you, that when you hear a dream you can interpret it.” Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, “It isn’t in me. God will give Pharaoh an answer of peace.”” ;Genesis 41:1, 8-16 WEB)
So two years after interpreting the chief butler’s dream, Joseph was freed from prison and brought before Pharaoh.
The moment of Pharaoh having the two prophetic dreams signaled God’s appointed time for Joseph’s deliverance. Those two dreams were Joseph’s door of hope in the midst of his trouble. The gift of interpreting dreams was the key in Joseph’s hand.
But why did God take so long before freeing Joseph? Technically, He could have given the dream to Pharaoh earlier than that.
“But Yahweh was with Joseph, and showed kindness to him, and gave him favor in the sight of the keeper of the prison. The keeper of the prison committed to Joseph’s hand all the prisoners who were in the prison. Whatever they did there, he was responsible for it. The keeper of the prison didn’t look after anything that was under his hand, because Yahweh was with him; and that which he did, Yahweh made it prosper.” (Genesis 39:21-23 WEB)
In the prison, Joseph was put in charge of the other prisoners—it was a leadership role. During this time of quiet, mundane, routine living, God was sculpting Joseph into a man fit to be the prime minister of Egypt, to lead the whole nation of Egypt.
Perhaps you are also in a season of quiet preparation. Your talents are unknown to the world, but God is training you for the larger role He has prepared for you—your eventual destiny.
Many heroes in the Bible went through a quiet season like that: Moses tended sheep in the land of Midian before he was sent to deliver the children of Israel from Egypt. David shepherded his father’s sheep and killed a lion and a bear before he had the opportunity to fight Goliath. Gideon was a coward before God called him and turned him into a valiant hero who routed the Midianites with just three hundred men. Jesus spent thirty years in obscurity, being in close communion with the Father until it was time to begin His public ministry.
If the chief butler had told Pharaoh about Joseph any earlier, Pharaoh would have just brushed it aside. The dreams had to come first.
While you are waiting, God has already prepared the equivalent of Pharaoh’s dream to take you to a higher level at the right time. Waiting time with God is not wasted time. He is training you every day, little by little—with each Scripture, each prayer, each interaction with others, and each challenge that you overcome through faith.
If you are feeling delayed, just like Joseph was for two years in the prison, remember that delay is not denial! God is still sculpting you, and when you are ready, He will display His masterpiece for all to see.
“God’s Appointed Time: How to Be Fruitful in Every Season of Life” is the revelation that every Christian needs. It will cause you to be full of peace and joy, even as you wait for the appointed time of your breakthrough. Put an end to every frustration and learn to flow with God’s system of times and seasons for restful increase by His grace: https://bit.ly/god-appointed-time
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「目標與歡笑是不可分割的雙胞胎。沒了另一個,各自都是空虛的。」– 羅伯特‧格林利夫 (現代僕人領導運動發起人)
“Purpose and laughter are the twins that must not separate. Each is empty without the other.”— Robert K. Greenleaf, Founder of the Modern Servant Leadership Movement
*註(摘自MBA智庫百科)- 1970年,美國電話電報公司的CEO在《僕人式領導》(The Servant As Leader)一文中首次提出了“僕人式領導”的概念 。 在文章中,格林里夫對僕人式領導做瞭如下的描述 :
僕人式領導首先是僕人, 他懷有服務為先的美好情操。 他用威信與熱望來鼓舞人們,確立領導地位。 他與那些為領導而領導者截然不同,他所渴求的恰是緩和那種不同尋常的領導力、削弱對資源的占有。 對於那些以領導為先的領導者來說,在領導地位、威信以及影響力確立之後,或許才能夠談到服務。 領導為先和服務為先是領導哲學的兩個極端。 處於它們之間的,則是混雜著的其他各式人類特性。
這兩者的區別凸顯出僕人領導關心的是服務,是他人的需求是否得到了滿足。
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看著這樣的概念,在查不到羅伯特‧格林利夫的完整生日的資訊下,此般情懷似乎可能是靈數20/2或是27/9的表現,無論是何者對於服務有著天生的認同和熱忱,思考方向自然與高壓領導人不同。27/9的真知灼見則是對整個世界格外富有批判和關懷底下誕生,運用思考過的智慧為世界服務。
btw 這句話真好,帶著緣自心底的愉悅前往想去的地方真的很重要對嗎?
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🎥Yang Ming-chou calls for civil service impartiality in Kaohsiung by-election
議會備詢首日 楊明州將市府早會搬至議會
Kaohsiung Acting Mayor Yang Ming-chou faced his first question-and-answer session by city councilors on Friday. His "civil servant style" of leadership has already revealed a sharp contrast with that of former Mayor Han Kuo-yu. Councilors' focused their questions on the decision by former Civil Affairs Bureau head Tsao Huan-jung to run in the mayoral by-election. Yang stressed that the civil service would remain impartial toward the campaigns of all candidates.
高雄市代理市長楊明州,第一次以市長身分到議會備詢,面對議員的質詢顯得游刃有餘。針對有議員質疑,韓前市府的民政局長曹桓榮,領表將投入市長補選,楊明州也強調他從本身作起,也嚴格要求所有公務員,嚴守行政中立。
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