This is a statement that has been coming across my path a bit lately. In the lives of Esther, Joseph, Moses, David, they all found themselves in situations & circumstances that to the normal way of thinking were not positive situations. But God had a purpose for placing them there.
We also see in each case that they didn't fulfil that purpose straight away. With Esther she was in the palace 9yrs before Haman concocted his plan to eradicate the Jews. Joseph was in Egypt 13yrs before he interpreted Pharoah's dream & was appointed overseer. Moses spent 40yrs in Pharoah's palace & another 40yrs in the wilderness looking after sheep, before God called him to lead the Israelites out of Egypt.
However all that time they spent before their purpose was fulfilled was not wasted time. God was preparing them for the task ahead.
Now this was all leading to an application to our lives today, but I just can't seem to get the words together right. But it was something along the lines of that wherever you are today God has a plan & a purpose for you being there. Perhap He has a big purpose further in the future or it may be a simple thing for today. He may be using the situation you are in now to prepare you for something later.
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