Faith Capsule: We have the clock in control; He has time in His hand to control.

Genesis 41

Joseph’s dream stated, “There we were, binding sheaves in the field. Then behold, my sheaf arose and also stood upright; and indeed your sheaves stood all around and bowed down to my sheaf.” (Genesis 37:7) Joseph’s dream was not well received when it was revealed to his brother. After his first dream, he spoke to his brother and father, “Look, I have dreamed another dream. And this time, the sun, the moon, and the eleven stars bowed down to me.” (Genesis 37:9) The father and brothers rebuked him for his dream. Joseph’s dream connotes greatness above his brothers, but it did not communicate the steps to get to such greatness. His dream was his divine assignment, but the steps to get there were not unfolded. God, the Creative Creator, had the master plan and details of how Joseph would get to the center of his divine assignment. Do you have a dream or any vision that is yet unfolded? God is not a rusher neither can any of the creation of His hand force His hand to move ahead of His plan. Detail plans of dreams or vision are always in the hand of God and can only be unfolded in phases. In the case of Joseph, it is clear that he learned humbleness by the things he suffered as the phases of journey were gradually unfolded. Indeed, responsibility is the price of greatness and Joseph learned it all in the phases of his journey to greatness. God, the Creative Creator, has His way of unfolding the phases that are couple with challenges to make us and not to break us. In your journey to the center of your divine assignment, let your heart be for God so you will arrive at the final destination. With a heart for God from your inside, He will show you on the outside what He wants you to be for His name to be glorified. Joseph navigated every phase with the fear of God by virtue of how he responded to confronting challenges. Joseph’s dream finally came to be when Pharaoh declared, “I am Pharaoh, and without your consent no man may lift his hand or foot in all the land of Egypt.” (Genesis 41:44) Our times are in the hand of God. We have the clock in control; He has time in His hand to control. Joseph’s dream at age seventeen came to be at age thirty.Who can be like God? He alone is the Creative Creator. Are you waiting for the manifestation of your dream or vision? As you get into phases in your journey, do not take any way that seems right to you, but only take the way of God.

Prayer for today: In You O Lord, I put my trust; let me never be ashamed; deliver me in Your righteousness.