The Waiting Room
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Teaching Notes
What do you do when you’re stuck in the waiting room of life?
“In God's economy, a zigzag line is the shortest distance between two points.”
- Dr. Bill Lawrence, Wilderness Wanderings
- God is WITH YOU in the waiting.
But while Joseph was there in the prison, the Lord was with him; he showed him kindness and granted him favor in the eyes of the prison warden.
Genesis 39:20-21
- God is STILL WORKING in the waiting.
God is working:
IN You
THROUGH You
FOR You
| What only I can do | Stuff I don’t know |
What only God can do |
- God has not FORGOTTEN you in the waiting.
The chief cupbearer, however, did not remember Joseph; he forgot him. Two years passed and Pharaoh had a dream…
Genesis 40:23-41:1
“God Remembers” is a covenantal phrase describing God’s faithful movement to act redemptively on behalf of His people. When God remembers, He is not calling to mind something forgotten but calling into being His promises.
“Don’t question in the darkness what God has clearly shown you in the light.”
- Howard Hendricks