When Joseph brought his father and brothers into Egypt during the time of famine, God had a purpose in it—to save their lives and their lineage, to make them a great nation. When the first Hebrew went into Egypt, Joseph, he was a slave but he rose to become the prime minister of Egypt.
Later Joseph wanted his father, Jacob, to join him there. God had told Abraham that his descendants would serve the Egyptians for 400 years, then He told Abraham’s grandson, Jacob, “Go to Egypt, for there I will make of you a great nation. I will go down with you to Egypt and I will also surely bring you up again.”
400 years later, Moses was tending sheep in the wilderness, when he saw the burning bush. God told him, “I have heard their cry because of their taskmasters for I know their sorrows and I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians.” Exodus 3:7-8
Before they ever went down to Egypt, God had a plan to bring them out. He heard them when they cried out to God, but that was not the first time God knew about it. He knew what was going to happen and it was all a part of His master plan to make a great nation of Abraham’s descendants. He even knew how long it was going to take for them to grow to the number that He had planned.
God knows what you are going through. It has not taken God by surprise. It is all part of His plan, to make of you a great nation, a people of God like no other before. He knows how long it is going to take to bring all the pieces together, like a jigsaw puzzle, to reveal your destiny.
Don’t stop on the edge of a miracle; don’t give up too soon. God has a plan and a timetable. Keep crying out to God for deliverance.
At the right time, the opportune time, the kairos time, God will bring the grand plan together.