READ: Genesis 37:1-11
But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it :- Romans 8:25
Your life is just like the life of Joseph. God called him when he was a child. His childhood dreams were clearly prophetic in nature. God was going to make him great and even his parents and his brothers, would one day, come and bow before him. But all these dreams were not going to come to pass until Joseph learnt what patience was about.
The dreams of God are real. Make no mistake about it! God is real! His visions and dreams are real! God does have great things in store. As the scripture says, “I have given you the word of my patience” (Revelations 3:10). That is to say, I have you given you a word that requires a lot of patience, if you are to see its fulfillment.
Stop planning to have a short and quick ministry with high-speed fulfillment of the fantastic promises of God! Your calling is going to take your whole life. That is why God wants you to start with Him when you are very young. Waiting to serve God when you are on retirement is not the right thing to do. Give yourself when you are young and fresh. Joseph started his ministry by walking in righteousness and honouring his father at the age of seventeen (Genesis 37:2).
Joseph, apparently served in Potiphar’s house as a slave for one year and then was in prison for twelve years. These thirteen years were spent waiting for the fulfillment of the dream. From the age of thirty to the age of one hundred and ten, he spent his life fulfilling the visions and dreams God had given to him as a child (Genesis 41:6).
And Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he, and his father’s house: and Joseph lived AN HUNDRED AND TEN YEARS.
Genesis 50:22