For decades, the Chicago Cubs were known as baseball’s lovable losers. Few games captured their frustration better than May 17, 1979, against the Philadelphia Phillies. The Phillies scored seven runs before the Cubs even came to bat and eventually led 21–9. Somehow, the Cubs battled back and tied the game 22–22 in the eighth inning. One of baseball’s greatest comebacks seemed within reach.

It wasn’t.

The Phillies scored in the tenth and won 23–22. After all that effort, the Cubs still couldn’t save themselves.

Genesis 40 – God’s Timing

Joseph knew what it felt like to want his circumstances to change. He was 17 when his brothers sold him into slavery and would be 30 when Pharaoh elevated him to leadership. Those thirteen years may have looked wasted, but God was preparing Joseph through slavery, false accusation, and prison.

Then Joseph seemed to have a way out. God enabled him to interpret the chief cupbearer’s dream, and Joseph asked, “Only remember me, when it is well with you, and please do me the kindness to mention me to Pharaoh” (Genesis 40:14).

Surely this was Joseph’s opportunity.

But Genesis 40 ends with these lonely words: “Yet the chief cupbearer did not remember Joseph, but forgot him”(40:23).

The cupbearer forgot Joseph. God did not.

Joseph’s human connection failed, but God’s plan kept moving. Joseph would leave prison when God appointed the time. Psalm 75:6–7 reminds us that promotion ultimately comes from God. He brings one down and lifts another up.

Sometimes God lets our best plans and connections fall short so we learn where our confidence belongs. Waiting on God does not mean doing nothing. It means faithfully doing what He places before us while trusting Him with the results and timing.

The Kingdom Coach and Athlete work hard but refuse to make human solutions their ultimate hope. When circumstances seem impossible, and others fail them, they trust the God who never forgets His people. “Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the LORD his God” (Psalm 146:5).