10/11/2026
A dream. Then a pit. Then slavery. Then prison. Then… silence.
Joseph helped the chief butler and asked to be remembered.
But Genesis 40:23 says:
“Yet did not the chief butler remember Joseph, but forgat him.”
And Genesis 41:1 begins:
“And it came to pass at the end of two full years…”
Notice the length of time…..Two full years. Nothing seemed to change nor get better.
No open door. No explanation. No visible answer.
But God was still working.
The silence was not wasted. The prison was not wasted. The waiting was not wasted.
Joseph could not see the palace from the prison.
But God could.
Sometimes growth happens in the space between the promise and the fulfillment.
Sometimes God is preparing us in places we would never choose for ourselves.
If you are in a waiting season, do not mistake silence for absence.
God may be doing some of His deepest work where no one can see it.
