Our time isnt always his time (Genesis 40)

How many times in our life do we think we have a better plan than God does? How many times do we think our timing is better?

Way back in Joseph's time he seemed to have ideals about getting out of prison, who wouldn't if they were not guilty?

He was serving time for a crime he didn't commit and thought he had caught  a break.

Genesis 40:9-15 (http://www.biblegateway.com)

New International Version (NIV)

⁹ So the chief cupbearer told Joseph his dream. He said to him, “In my dream I saw a vine in front of me, ¹⁰ and on the vine were three branches. As soon as it budded, it blossomed, and its clusters ripened into grapes. ¹¹ Pharaoh’s cup was in my hand, and I took the grapes, squeezed them into Pharaoh’s cup and put the cup in his hand.”
¹² “This is what it means,” Joseph said to him. “The three branches are three days. ¹³ Within three days Pharaoh will lift up your head and restore you to your position, and you will put Pharaoh’s cup in his hand, just as you used to do when you were his cupbearer. ¹⁴ But when all goes well with you, remember me and show me kindness; mention me to Pharaoh and get me out of this prison. ¹⁵ I was forcibly carried off from the land of the Hebrews, and even here I have done nothing to deserve being put in a dungeon.”

The cup bearer was released and still Joseph remained in prison, for what reason, what was God's plan?

Genesis 40:20-23 (http://www.biblegateway.com)

New International Version (NIV)

²⁰ Now the third day was Pharaoh’s birthday, and he gave a feast for all his officials. He lifted up the heads of the chief cupbearer and the chief baker in the presence of his officials: ²¹ He restored the chief cupbearer to his position, so that he once again put the cup into Pharaoh’s hand— ²² but he impaled the chief baker, just as Joseph had said to them in his interpretation.
²³ The chief cupbearer, however, did not remember Joseph; he forgot him.

Have you been in a major dry spell like Joseph with no prosperity in sight, no idea of God's purpose. Joseph waited years and years before he was ready to fulfil the purpose God revealed to him in dreams.

Waiting sucks and its hard not to cave into what we may see as an easier way, but only when we wait on God will we experience his perfect plan in his perfect time as Joseph did.