EVERY WORD AND PROMISE WAS FULFILLED

by David Wilkerson

[May 19, 1931 - April 27, 2011]



Joseph was in one of his darkest hours—lonely, downcast, about to give up his

dreams, questioning his place in God. Suddenly, the call came from one of the

king's guards: "Joseph! Get cleaned up—Pharaoh is calling for you!"



In that moment, I believe the Spirit of God came mightily upon Joseph and his

heart leapt with excitement. He was about to understand what it was all about!



As Joseph shaved and trimmed his hair, he probably thought, "This is the

beginning of what God promised me. Now I know I heard from him! The devil has

not been in control and my life hasn't been wasted. God has been directing

everything the entire time!"



In a matter of minutes, Joseph was standing before Pharaoh, listening to his

dream. Joseph gave the interpretation of the coming famine and told Pharaoh he

had to gather and store the nation's grain: "Someone must be in charge of the

storehouses. You have to find a man who's full of wisdom to oversee it all"

(see Genesis 4l).



Pharaoh looked around and then turned toward Joseph: "You! Joseph! I appoint

you second ruler. Only I will have more power in the kingdom than you. You will

oversee it all!"



How quickly things had changed! The day came when Joseph stood before his

brothers and was able to say: "But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but

God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much

people alive" (Genesis 50:20).



"God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity in the earth, and to save

your lives by a great deliverance. So now it was not you that sent me hither,

but God: and he hath made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house,

and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt" (45:7-8).



Dear saint, very soon you're going to understand your present fiery trials. God

is going to bring you into the promise he gave you and suddenly it's all going

to make sense. You'll see that he has never forsaken you. He had to take you

this way, for he has been training you, preparing you, teaching you to trust

him for everything. He has planned a time for you to be used—and that time is

just ahead!