As I dig into the story of Joseph in the Bible (Genesis 37-47) I reflect on the concept of the timeline of this story. Not the time in history but the length that only God knew about. I dove into chapter 39 when he was thrown into prison for being accused for something he didn’t do for two years. Joseph had no idea how long he would be in prison. God gave him the dreams in chapter 37 but God never told him when they would happen. So in that time of prison Joseph didn’t know it would only be two years. All Joseph know was to trust God. He knew God was with him. I sometimes forget this important piece, because I’m on the outside looking in. I get to see how the story ends and Joseph only knew of his dreams. He lived this life and his story is an example of trusting God’s timeline.

Genesis 39:2 “The LORD was with Joseph…..”

Genesis 39:21 “The LORD was with him;”

Genesis 39:23 “Because the LORD was with Joseph.”

I sit in gratitude with the mana God has chosen to pour down on my family recently that he doesn’t have to pour (Bible reference Exodus 16 referring to providing). It could have taken Peter longer to find a job, and us a home, but we trusted God’s timeline. Often I see believers idolizing to hit certain milestones forgetting the story of Joseph and other faithful believers in history and forgetting that these people are real. They too served God with a timeline they didn’t know of (Hebrews 11). Christian sing the song that says “take me deeper then my feet could ever wander and my faith will be made stronger in the presence of my Savior”, but stepping back into reality is this our truth? The creator of time knows better then the timeline we create. What beautiful relief this is.