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00:00You ever feel like you've been stuck on pause while everybody else is pressing play?
00:04Like they're out there living the dream and you're stuck waiting in a nightmare?
00:09You prayed.
00:10You believed.
00:11You gave it your all.
00:13You stayed faithful when it was hard.
00:14You kept going when it didn't make sense.
00:17And still nothing.
00:19You're still waiting for the door to open.
00:21Still waiting for the healing to happen.
00:24Still waiting for the job offer, the breakthrough, the relationship, the apology, the peace.
00:29You've been in the hallway for so long you're starting to think maybe there isn't a door.
00:34Maybe you missed your turn.
00:36Maybe God forgot about you.
00:37But I came to tell you something different.
00:40You are not forgotten.
00:41You are not invisible.
00:42You are not behind.
00:44You are being prepared.
00:46You are being formed in the fire of waiting.
00:48You are being shaped in the silence of God.
00:51You are in the middle of something sacred.
00:54And the delay you're calling a setback is really God's setup for something greater.
00:59See, we hate waiting.
01:01Because waiting feels like wasting.
01:03We think waiting is weakness.
01:05We think waiting means we're not moving.
01:07But let me tell you something.
01:08God does his best work in the wait.
01:11When Jesus heard Lazarus was sick, he waited two more days.
01:15Not because he didn't love Lazarus, but because he did.
01:19Because there was something he wanted to reveal that couldn't be shown in the healing, only in the resurrection.
01:24So if you're in the waiting, don't assume God is absent.
01:28He might be working on a resurrection kind of miracle.
01:31He might be letting something die in you that needed to go.
01:34He might be teaching you to walk by faith, not by sight.
01:38He might be preparing a stage so big that it's taking longer than you expected.
01:44But that stage needs a foundation strong enough to hold you once you get there.
01:49If God gave it to you too soon, you'd ruin it.
01:52If he let you walk into it without the character to carry it, it would crush you.
01:57So don't despise the wait.
01:59Don't curse the silence.
02:01Don't compare your story to theirs.
02:03You don't know what battles they had to fight.
02:05You don't know what demons they're still facing.
02:07You don't know what it cost them to get what they have.
02:10And you don't know what it's going to cost you when yours comes.
02:14Waiting is not punishment.
02:15Waiting is protection.
02:17Waiting is not delay.
02:19Waiting is design.
02:21And listen, I know it's hard.
02:23I know you're tired.
02:23You've been carrying hope with hands that are starting to shake.
02:27You've been praying with a heart that's starting to doubt.
02:30You're not weak.
02:31You're not faithless.
02:32You're just human.
02:34But just because you're tired doesn't mean you're done.
02:37Just because you don't see it doesn't mean God isn't working.
02:41Just because it's silent doesn't mean it's empty.
02:45The seed doesn't grow on the surface.
02:47It grows underneath.
02:49In the dark, in the unseen, in the soil, nobody celebrates.
02:53And when that thing finally breaks the surface, people will see the fruit.
02:57But they won't know the fight it took in the wake.
02:59They won't know the tears you cried.
03:02They won't know the nights you questioned everything.
03:04They won't know the strength it took to stand when nothing moved.
03:08But God knows.
03:10God saw every second.
03:12And he's still writing the story.
03:13If you're tired of waiting, let me remind you.
03:16God is not on your clock.
03:18But he is right on time.
03:19He's not reacting to your situation.
03:22He's orchestrating your transformation.
03:24And the moment he says,
03:26And now, what took years in your eyes will shift in seconds in his hands.
03:30So don't quit in the wait.
03:31Don't fold in the hallway.
03:33Don't build a house in a place God only asks you to pass through.
03:37You've come too far to walk away.
03:40Hold on.
03:41Dig in.
03:41Worship while you wait.
03:43Praise while you're in pain.
03:45Thank God like it's already done.
03:46Because if he promised it, it's only a matter of time.
03:50Your waiting is not in vain.
03:52Your waiting is working.
03:53Your waiting is winning battles you haven't even seen yet.
03:56So if you're tired of waiting, don't walk away.
04:00Watch what God does next.
04:02We think waiting is punishment because it feels like we're being left out.
04:05Like we're being sidelined while everyone else is moving forward.
04:09The world keeps turning and we're stuck in the same place, same struggle, same prayer, same unanswered cry.
04:17But what if waiting wasn't punishment?
04:19What if it was preparation?
04:20What if the place you're calling stuck is actually the ground where God is planting something in you that can't grow any other way?
04:27See, the enemy wants you to think that delay means denial, that silence means absence, that waiting means weakness.
04:36But the truth is, God uses waiting to strengthen what rushing would ruin.
04:41You've been crying out, asking when it's going to happen, when the breakthrough will come, when the opportunity will open, and it feels like heaven has gone quiet.
04:49But maybe the quiet is where God is cultivating something deeper.
04:53You keep looking for movement on the outside.
04:57But God is working on the inside.
04:59You want a change in your situation.
05:01But God wants a change in your spirit.
05:04When a seed is planted, nothing looks like it's happening.
05:07The surface stays the same.
05:09The soil looks undisturbed.
05:12But underneath, there's a breaking, a process, a pressure that pushes the seed to sprout roots before it ever reaches for light.
05:19That's what preparation feels like.
05:21It feels hidden.
05:22It feels like nothing is moving.
05:24But God doesn't grow you where people can see.
05:27He grows you in the secret.
05:29He forms you in silence.
05:30He strengthens you in solitude.
05:33You're asking for a platform, but God is building a foundation.
05:37And if he gave you the platform before the foundation, it would collapse under the weight of what you weren't ready to carry.
05:43So he prepares you, not to punish you, but to protect you.
05:47You keep comparing your journey to others, and it's killing your peace.
05:51You see them winning.
05:52You see them celebrated.
05:54You see them in their moment.
05:55And you wonder what's wrong with you.
05:57Why hasn't it happened yet?
06:00Why does your story feel slower?
06:02But you don't know what they've gone through.
06:04You don't know what they're going to face.
06:05You don't know what weight God is preparing you for.
06:09Sometimes the weight is longer because the calling is heavier.
06:12The more pressure you'll carry, the more preparation you'll need.
06:16You're not behind.
06:18You're being built.
06:19And what looks like a detour is actually a design.
06:22There's something sacred about being in the in-between.
06:25That space where you're not where you were, but not yet where you're going.
06:29It's uncomfortable.
06:30It's uncertain.
06:31It's exhausting, but it's not empty.
06:34God meets people in the wilderness.
06:36He forms prophets in caves.
06:37He trains warriors in obscurity.
06:39He anointed David king, then sent him back to the pasture.
06:45Not because David wasn't ready to rule, but because he wasn't ready to stay a king.
06:50There's a difference between being called and being ready.
06:54God will often show you a glimpse of what's coming,
06:56then pull you back into a season that feels opposite to the promise.
07:01Not because he changed his mind, but because he's changing your mindset.
07:06He's preparing your identity so that when the promotion comes,
07:09you won't let the title define you.
07:12You'll know who you are before the crowd tries to tell you.
07:16Waiting exposes what's in you.
07:18It reveals whether your faith is built on feelings or trust.
07:22It shows whether you're willing to serve when no one's clapping,
07:25whether you'll still praise when nothing's changing.
07:27Anybody can worship when the doors are opening.
07:30But what about when they're all closed?
07:32Can you still believe when the outcome is uncertain?
07:35Can you still stay faithful when the future looks like a question mark?
07:39That's where preparation happens.
07:42In the press.
07:43In the pressure.
07:44In the not yet.
07:45That's where oil is crushed out of the olive.
07:49That's where strength is born.
07:50Not in the answer, but in the asking.
07:53And maybe you've been trying to run from the weight.
07:55Maybe you've been trying to manufacture your own breakthrough
07:58because you're tired of feeling stuck.
08:00But when you step out of God's timing,
08:03you step out of his covering.
08:05You start building things he didn't tell you to build.
08:08And then you ask him to bless what he never assigned.
08:12That's what impatience does.
08:14It drives you to create shortcuts that always lead to dead ends.
08:17But God doesn't need your hustle.
08:19He needs your surrender.
08:21He needs your obedience.
08:23He needs your trust.
08:25The kind of trust that says,
08:27even if I don't see it today, I believe he's working.
08:30The kind of trust that keeps showing up,
08:32even when it feels like nothing's moving.
08:34That's preparation.
08:36You don't realize it,
08:37but your character is growing in the silence.
08:40Your discernment is sharpening in the weight.
08:42Your confidence is being forged in the fire of uncertainty.
08:46You're learning to rely on God,
08:48not just for what he can do, but for who he is.
08:52You're learning to find peace that doesn't depend on performance.
08:56You're learning to rest in a promise
08:57that hasn't come to pass yet.
09:00That's the kind of preparation that can't be rushed.
09:03God loves you too much to let you walk into something you're not ready for.
09:08So he lets you wait.
09:09Not to frustrate you, but to form you.
09:12Not to punish you, but to prepare you.
09:14It's easy to believe God is working when the stage lights are on
09:18and the blessings are visible,
09:19when the prayers are getting answered,
09:21when the doors are opening,
09:23when the healing is instant and the success is undeniable.
09:27That's when it's easy to lift our hands and say,
09:30look what God did.
09:31But what about when it's dark?
09:34What about when the answers don't come in the room?
09:36Feel silent.
09:37What about when you're not being noticed,
09:40not being celebrated, not being recognized?
09:43That's the part we don't talk about enough.
09:46That's the place where God often does his most important work.
09:50Because while the spotlight may reveal you to others,
09:54the dark is where God reveals himself to you.
09:57He doesn't wait until everything is perfect to begin forming your purpose.
10:01He starts in the shadows.
10:03When God created the world,
10:05he didn't start with light.
10:06He started with darkness.
10:09The earth was formless and empty,
10:11and darkness covered the surface of the deep.
10:14Before light ever showed up,
10:15God was already moving.
10:17Before there was color,
10:18before there was color,
10:19before there was any beauty to see,
10:21God was hovering.
10:22That's how he works.
10:24He doesn't wait for the light to get involved.
10:26He brings light out of the dark.
10:29And some of the deepest things God will do in your life
10:32won't happen when everyone's watching.
10:34It'll happen when nobody sees,
10:36when nobody knows,
10:38when it feels like you've been forgotten.
10:40That's the kind of dark where real growth begins.
10:44The seed doesn't sprout on the stage.
10:46It grows underground.
10:47In the dark,
10:49in the soil,
10:50in the place nobody celebrates.
10:52That's the process we don't post about.
10:54We love the fruit,
10:55but we hate the root.
10:56We want the reward without the resistance.
10:59But God doesn't build strong things in shallow soil.
11:02He digs deep.
11:04He goes to the places we've hidden.
11:06The fears we've buried.
11:07The identity struggles we won't talk about.
11:09The insecurities we try to cover up with performance.
11:12And he says,
11:13let's deal with that in the dark
11:15before it shows up in the light.
11:18Because the truth is,
11:19if God promoted you before he prepared you,
11:21the light would expose what your character can't carry.
11:24Nod develops warriors in caves.
11:27Moses found his calling in the wilderness.
11:29Elijah heard the whisper on the mountain
11:32after the fire and earthquake passed.
11:35Paul got his assignment not in the temple,
11:37but in blindness.
11:38And Jesus,
11:39Jesus prepared for his public ministry
11:41with 40 days in the desert,
11:43alone,
11:44hungry,
11:45tested.
11:45That's how heaven trains heroes.
11:48In the dark,
11:49not in the crowd.
11:50In private battles,
11:52not public praise.
11:53And if you're in a season that feels silent,
11:55obscure,
11:56even lonely,
11:57it doesn't mean you're off track.
11:59It might mean you're right where God wants you.
12:02Because the dark doesn't mean dead.
12:04The dark means development.
12:06We think God is far away when it gets quiet,
12:09but that's often when he's the closest.
12:11He speaks loudest in whispers
12:13because he wants you to lean in.
12:15You want direction,
12:16but God wants intimacy.
12:18You want clarity,
12:19but God wants trust.
12:21You want the outcome,
12:23but God wants your heart.
12:25And that kind of transformation
12:26doesn't happen in the spotlight.
12:28That happens in the secret place.
12:31In the moments you choose to worship
12:32when it doesn't feel worth it.
12:34When you serve when no one says thank you.
12:37When you stay faithful
12:38when everyone else walks away.
12:41That's where God starts to dig deep.
12:43Sometimes God hides you to heal you.
12:46He tucks you away
12:47because you're not ready to be seen yet.
12:49He keeps you in the dark
12:51because the light would blind you
12:52if he brought you into it too soon.
12:55And we think the hiding is rejection,
12:57but it's actually protection.
12:59He's not holding you back.
13:00He's holding you together.
13:02He's sealing the cracks.
13:04He's strengthening the core
13:05because if the spotlight hits you
13:07before you're secure,
13:08the pressure will break you.
13:10But if he forms you in the dark,
13:12you'll have the kind of roots
13:13that don't snap when the wind comes.
13:16There's something sacred
13:17about the struggle
13:18you go through in silence.
13:20It produces a resilience
13:21that can't be faked.
13:23You don't need applause
13:24to validate you
13:25when you've already been affirmed
13:26by the voice of God in the quiet.
13:29You don't need everyone
13:30to understand you
13:31when you've already encountered
13:32the one who made you.
13:34And when you finally step into the light,
13:36you'll know who brought you there.
13:39You won't be addicted to approval.
13:41You won't need to chase affirmation
13:43because you didn't rise on compliments.
13:46You were raised by grace
13:47in the hidden place.
13:48And that's the kind of life God honors.
13:52Not the one that hustles for attention,
13:54but the one that trusts him in obscurity.
13:57Not the one that pushes to be seen,
14:00but the one that's faithful in secret.
14:03When nobody's watching,
14:04when nobody's clapping,
14:06when all you have is his word,
14:08his presence,
14:09and your belief that he's not finished with you,
14:11that's where legacy is built.
14:13That's where oil is crushed out of your calling.
14:15That's where power is born.
14:18Not in public stages,
14:19but in private surrender.
14:21So if you're in the dark,
14:22don't despise it.
14:24God's not punishing you.
14:25He's positioning you.
14:27He's developing something in you
14:28that no one can take away.
14:30Because when it finally breaks through,
14:33when the fruit starts to show,
14:35there will be no doubt
14:36who was working the whole time.
14:38And you'll realize
14:39the dark wasn't just part of the story.
14:42It was the place
14:42where the real story began.
14:44There's something about delay
14:46that messes with our faith.
14:48Something about having to wait longer
14:49than we expected
14:50that starts to wear on our confidence.
14:53You start off believing.
14:55You start off strong.
14:56You tell yourself,
14:58God's got this.
14:59You speak the promises.
15:01You stand on the word.
15:02You declare your faith.
15:03But then the days stretch into weeks.
15:06The weeks into months.
15:08And maybe even years.
15:09And suddenly what once felt like a test
15:11becomes a torment.
15:13The silence grows heavier.
15:15The questions grow louder.
15:16And the enemy starts whispering in your ear.
15:19If it was going to happen,
15:20it would have happened by now.
15:22That's when you start wondering
15:23if the delay means
15:24God changed his mind.
15:27If maybe the dream you thought
15:28was from him
15:29was just your imagination.
15:31You begin to think
15:32maybe you missed the moment.
15:34Maybe you took a wrong turn.
15:36Maybe it's your fault
15:37that things haven't moved.
15:38But I need to tell you
15:40delay does not mean denial.
15:43Delay is not God's rejection.
15:45Delay is often God's redirection.
15:47It's his divine timing at work.
15:50Just because it hasn't happened yet
15:51doesn't mean it's not going to.
15:53God is not a man that he should lie.
15:56And if he said it,
15:56he's going to do it.
15:58But he's going to do it
15:59when it's right.
16:01Not when you're restless.
16:02You think you're ready
16:03but God knows better.
16:05You think you're prepared
16:06but he sees what's ahead.
16:08You think the time is now
16:10but he sees the full picture.
16:12And God is never late.
16:14He's also never early.
16:15He works in divine timing
16:16not human deadlines.
16:18You can't measure the promises
16:19of God by your clock.
16:21You have to trust
16:22that his calendar
16:23is bigger than yours.
16:24Because some of the things
16:25you're praying for
16:26require people
16:27you haven't even met yet.
16:29Some of the doors
16:30you're waiting to open
16:31are still being built.
16:33Some of the blessings
16:34you're longing for
16:35are connected to battles.
16:36He's still fighting
16:37behind the scenes.
16:38You don't see it
16:39but he's working.
16:41He's always working.
16:43Jesus told Jairus
16:44that he was going
16:45to heal his daughter
16:46but on the way
16:47to the house
16:47he stopped.
16:48A woman with an issue
16:49of blood touched him
16:51and he paused
16:51to deal with her.
16:53And while he was still
16:54speaking to her
16:54the messengers came
16:55and said
16:56your daughter is dead.
16:58Don't bother
16:59the teacher anymore.
17:00Delay.
17:01But Jesus looked at Jairus
17:03and said
17:03don't be afraid
17:04just believe.
17:06Because the delay
17:07wasn't the end.
17:08It was divine.
17:09It wasn't a denial
17:10of the miracle.
17:11It was just God's way
17:12of revealing
17:12a deeper level of glory.
17:14He didn't just heal
17:15a sick girl.
17:16He raised a dead one.
17:18What looked like
17:19a missed opportunity
17:20became a greater testimony.
17:22What looked like
17:23too late
17:24was actually
17:24perfectly timed.
17:26That's what happens
17:27when God delays.
17:28He's not stalling.
17:29He's staging.
17:30He's not hesitating.
17:32He's orchestrating.
17:33The thing you think
17:34he forgot about
17:35he's actually
17:35perfecting it.
17:37Because when God
17:38finally moves
17:39it's not rushed
17:40and it's not random.
17:41It's right.
17:42And when it happens
17:43you'll know it's him.
17:45Not you're striving.
17:46Not you're manipulating.
17:47Not you're forcing
17:48the outcome.
17:49But him.
17:50His grace.
17:51His favor.
17:52His purpose
17:53unfolding right on time.
17:55Sometimes the worst
17:56thing God could do
17:57is give you what you want
17:58when you want it.
17:58Because if he gives it
18:00before you're ready
18:00it can become a curse
18:02instead of a blessing.
18:04That relationship
18:04you're begging for
18:05maybe he's still
18:06healing the places
18:07in you that would
18:08sabotage it.
18:10That opportunity
18:10you keep knocking on.
18:12Maybe he's still
18:13sharpening your skills
18:14so you can actually
18:15sustain it.
18:16That platform
18:17you're praying for
18:18maybe he's still
18:20building your humility
18:21so the platform
18:22doesn't become a pedestal.
18:24God's timing
18:25isn't just about release.
18:26He's not just
18:27preparing the blessing
18:29for you.
18:29He's preparing you
18:30for the blessing.
18:33And that's why
18:33trust is so important
18:34in the delay.
18:36Because it's easy
18:37to have faith
18:37when things are
18:38happening fast.
18:39But real trust
18:40is revealed
18:41when nothing's moving.
18:42When the door
18:43stays shut.
18:44When the answer
18:45doesn't come.
18:45When your plans
18:46fall apart.
18:47That's when you
18:48find out if you
18:48really believe
18:49in his timing.
18:50That's when you
18:52find out if you're
18:53willing to walk
18:54even when the path
18:55doesn't make sense.
18:57God's not looking
18:58for people who
18:59believe for a moment.
19:00He's looking for
19:01people who endure.
19:03Who prays
19:03while it's still
19:04pending.
19:05Who worship
19:06when it's still
19:07unclear.
19:08That kind of faith
19:09moves heaven.
19:10And maybe you're
19:11in a season right now
19:12where the delay
19:13feels personal.
19:14Like God skipped
19:15over you.
19:16Like he's blessing
19:16everyone else but you.
19:18Like your name
19:19got lost in the shuffle.
19:21But let me remind you
19:22God's promises
19:23are not fragile.
19:24His word doesn't
19:25expire.
19:26His plans are not
19:27intimidated by your
19:28doubts or detoured
19:29by your delays.
19:30He's not pacing
19:31the floor of heaven
19:32wondering what went
19:33wrong.
19:34He's not surprised
19:35by the slowness.
19:36He's in it.
19:37He's shaping it.
19:39He's guiding it
19:39according to something
19:40bigger than you
19:41could imagine.
19:42You think he's
19:43forgotten but he's
19:44focused.
19:45You think he's
19:46distant but he's
19:47developing.
19:48You think he's
19:48late but he's
19:49layering purpose
19:50into every second.
19:52And one day when
19:53it all comes together
19:54you'll look back
19:55and realize the delay
19:56was the best thing
19:57that could have
19:58happened.
19:59Because it kept
19:59you close to him.
20:01It kept you
20:02dependent.
20:03It kept you
20:03growing.
20:04And it protected
20:05you from running
20:06ahead into something
20:06you weren't ready
20:07to handle.
20:08So don't let the
20:09delay discourage
20:10you.
20:11Let it deepen you.
20:12Let it press
20:13your roots into
20:14places that success
20:15could never touch.
20:17Let it refine
20:18your focus
20:18purify your motives
20:20stretch your trust
20:21and anchor your soul
20:22because when it
20:23finally happens
20:24it won't just be a
20:25moment it'll be a
20:26movement.
20:28One that only
20:28divine timing could
20:30create.
20:30It's hard not to
20:31take it personally
20:32when you feel
20:33invisible.
20:34When you've been
20:35showing up
20:35doing your best
20:36staying faithful
20:37and somehow it
20:38seems like nobody
20:39sees you.
20:40You're not asking
20:41for a trophy.
20:42You're not chasing
20:43applause.
20:44You just want to
20:44know your effort
20:45matters.
20:46You want to
20:47believe your
20:47consistency counts
20:49but sometimes
20:50the longer you
20:51go unseen
20:52the more the
20:52lie starts
20:53creeping in.
20:54Maybe I'm not
20:55good enough.
20:56Maybe I missed
20:57my moment.
20:58Maybe I'm too
20:58late.
20:59Maybe I'm not
20:59called after all.
21:01That's what it
21:01feels like when
21:02you're overlooked.
21:04But what you
21:04call overlooked
21:05God calls
21:06fortified.
21:08Because while
21:08you're watching
21:09others get picked
21:10he's strengthening
21:11what no one
21:11else can see.
21:13While you're
21:13wondering why
21:14you're not
21:14being promoted
21:15he's building
21:16a foundation
21:17that promotion
21:18alone could
21:18never hold.
21:20God doesn't
21:21ignore what
21:21he intends
21:22to use.
21:24If he's kept
21:24you in the
21:25background
21:25it's because
21:26he's working
21:27on something
21:28deeper.
21:28He's protecting
21:29the process.
21:30He's guarding
21:31the roots.
21:32He's preparing
21:33you for the
21:33weight of what's
21:34ahead.
21:35Because not
21:35everything can
21:36be fast-tracked.
21:37Some things
21:37take time to
21:38solidify.
21:39Some gifts
21:40need pressure
21:40to mature.
21:42Some callings
21:42require private
21:43seasons to
21:44gain depth.
21:45You don't
21:45pour concrete
21:46and drive
21:46on it the
21:47next day.
21:48It has to
21:48cure.
21:49It has to
21:49settle.
21:50If you put
21:51weight on it
21:51too soon
21:52it'll crack
21:53under pressure.
21:54That's why
21:54God hides
21:55you.
21:56That's why
21:56he lets
21:57others go
21:57ahead of
21:58you.
21:59Not to
21:59shame you
22:00but to
22:01shape you.
22:02Think about
22:02David.
22:03He was
22:04anointed king
22:04as a teenager
22:05but God
22:06didn't put
22:06him on the
22:07throne the
22:07next day.
22:08He sent
22:09him back
22:09to the
22:10sheep.
22:10He kept
22:11him in
22:11the field
22:11while his
22:12brothers
22:12went to
22:12battle.
22:13He let
22:13him serve
22:14before he
22:14ruled.
22:16Not because
22:16David wasn't
22:17chosen but
22:18because he
22:18was.
22:19Not because
22:20David was
22:20forgotten but
22:21because his
22:22time hadn't
22:23come.
22:24And when the
22:24moment finally
22:25came for
22:25Goliath to
22:26fall David
22:27wasn't weak
22:27from waiting.
22:28He was
22:29ready.
22:29Because what
22:29nobody saw
22:30in the
22:30pasture God
22:32had been
22:32strengthening.
22:34What nobody
22:34applauded in
22:35private God
22:36had been
22:37building.
22:38He was being
22:38fortified for
22:39the fight
22:39long before
22:40he stood
22:40in the
22:41spotlight.
22:42So if it
22:42feels like
22:43nobody's
22:43noticing your
22:44grind.
22:45If it
22:45feels like
22:46you're being
22:46passed over
22:47again and
22:48again.
22:49If you're
22:49watching other
22:50people walk
22:50into the
22:51things you've
22:51been praying
22:52for.
22:52Don't let
22:53bitterness
22:53grow where
22:54trust should
22:55be.
22:55You're not
22:56being overlooked.
22:57You're being
22:57fortified.
22:59God is
22:59fortifying your
23:00mind so you
23:01can carry
23:01peace in the
23:02middle of
23:02pressure.
23:04He's
23:04fortifying your
23:05faith so you
23:06won't crumble
23:06when things
23:07don't go
23:07your way.
23:09He's
23:09fortifying your
23:10character so
23:10success won't
23:11sabotage your
23:12soul.
23:13Because it's
23:14possible to
23:14step into
23:15something too
23:16soon and lose
23:16yourself in the
23:17very thing you
23:18thought was your
23:19destiny.
23:20That's why God
23:21doesn't just
23:22prepare the
23:22blessing.
23:23He prepares
23:24you for it.
23:24He doesn't just
23:25line up the
23:26opportunity.
23:27He shapes the
23:27identity.
23:28He doesn't just
23:29open the door.
23:30He strengthens
23:31your walk so
23:32that when you
23:32go through it
23:33you don't shrink
23:34back when
23:34resistance comes.
23:36Because make
23:37no mistake.
23:37what God has
23:39for you will
23:39come with
23:40weight.
23:40It will
23:41stretch you.
23:42It will
23:42expose what's
23:43still weak.
23:45And if you're
23:45not fortified on
23:46the inside the
23:48pressure on the
23:48outside will be
23:49too much to
23:50bear.
23:51So he builds in
23:52you the endurance
23:52to withstand what's
23:53ahead.
23:54And this kind of
23:55strength doesn't
23:56come from applause.
23:57It doesn't come
23:58from being noticed.
23:59It doesn't come
24:00from people
24:00validating you.
24:01It comes from
24:02fire.
24:03From being faithful
24:04when no one's
24:05watching.
24:06From showing up
24:07when you don't
24:08feel like it.
24:09From staying
24:10rooted when it
24:10would be easier
24:11to run.
24:12That's where real
24:13confidence is
24:14forged.
24:15Not in popularity
24:16but in perseverance.
24:17Not in being
24:18sealed by God.
24:20That kind of
24:21fortification gives
24:22you peace that
24:23doesn't depend on
24:24your platform.
24:25It gives you
24:26identity that's not
24:27built on lights
24:28or titles.
24:29It gives you
24:29purpose that can't
24:30be stolen because
24:31it wasn't handed
24:32to you by man.
24:34It was developed
24:34by God.
24:36You don't need to
24:37prove your worth
24:38to be promoted.
24:39You don't have to
24:40chase validation
24:41to be valuable.
24:42You just have to
24:43trust that what God
24:44is doing in you
24:45now matters just
24:46as much as what
24:47you're believing
24:48for in the future.
24:49Maybe even more.
24:51Because if you
24:52shortcut the season
24:53of fortification
24:54you'll find yourself
24:55in rooms your soul
24:56isn't ready for.
24:58You'll perform
24:59instead of walking
24:59purpose.
25:01You'll burn out
25:01trying to hold up
25:02an image that
25:03doesn't match
25:04your inner strength.
25:05But when you've
25:05been fortified
25:06you don't fear
25:07the pressure.
25:09You don't panic
25:09in transition.
25:11You don't crumble
25:11when the crowd shifts
25:13because you know
25:13your stability
25:14didn't come from
25:15them.
25:16It came from him.
25:17So don't confuse
25:18hiddenness with
25:19insignificance.
25:20God sees every
25:21act of obedience.
25:23Every time you
25:23said yes in private.
25:25Every time you
25:26stayed when it was
25:27easier to quit.
25:28Every time you
25:29served without
25:30credit.
25:31Every time you
25:31prayed through the
25:32silence.
25:33Every time you
25:34believed when it
25:34didn't make sense.
25:36That's what's
25:36making you strong.
25:38That's what's
25:38making you steady.
25:40That's what's
25:40building you from
25:41the inside out.
25:42And when the
25:43time is right
25:43you won't have to
25:44force your way
25:45forward.
25:46God will open
25:47the door.
25:48He will make a
25:49way.
25:50He will elevate
25:51what he has
25:51already fortified.
25:53There's something
25:53about silence that
25:54makes us
25:55uncomfortable.
25:56Something about
25:57praying and not
25:58hearing anything
25:59back that stirs
26:00up anxiety in
26:01our soul.
26:02You start
26:02wondering if God
26:03is even listening.
26:04You search the
26:05sky for a sign.
26:06But all you get
26:07is stillness.
26:08You beg for
26:09answers.
26:10But all you get
26:10is quiet.
26:11You cry out in
26:12the night but the
26:13heavens feel shut.
26:15And it's in those
26:16moments, the moments
26:17when the silence
26:18stretches longer
26:19than your strength
26:20that the enemy
26:21sneaks in and
26:22whispers, God's
26:23not with you.
26:25That's the lie.
26:26That's the trap
26:26because silence
26:27makes us feel
26:28abandoned but faith
26:29has to remind us
26:30that silence is
26:31not absence.
26:32Silence is not
26:33distance.
26:33Silence is not
26:34disinterest.
26:36The silence of
26:36God is not the
26:37absence of God.
26:39God has always
26:39worked in silence.
26:41He formed
26:41creation in silence
26:42before the first
26:43word was ever
26:44spoken.
26:45He formed Adam
26:46from the dust and
26:46nobody even saw
26:47it happen.
26:49Before Jesus ever
26:50performed a miracle
26:51there were 30
26:52years of silence.
26:5330 years of
26:54obscurity, preparation
26:56and hiddenness.
26:58No crowds, no
26:59stage, just silence.
27:01But he was still
27:02God in that silence.
27:03He was still the
27:04son in that small
27:05town.
27:05He was still the
27:06savior before anyone
27:07knew his name.
27:09And some of the
27:10most powerful things
27:11God will ever do in
27:12your life won't be
27:13announced with
27:13thunder.
27:15They'll come in
27:15whispers.
27:16They'll be born in
27:17quiet places.
27:19We tend to equate
27:20volume with presence.
27:21If it's loud it must
27:22be real.
27:23If it's moving it
27:24must be powerful.
27:25But God doesn't
27:26always work in the
27:27fire or the wind or
27:28the earthquake.
27:29Sometimes he shows
27:30up in the whisper.
27:32When Elijah ran to
27:33the mountain exhausted
27:34and afraid God
27:35didn't scold him
27:36with a roar.
27:37He didn't shake the
27:37ground to wake him
27:38up.
27:39He came close with
27:40a whisper.
27:42And you don't
27:42whisper to people who
27:43are far away.
27:45You whisper to those
27:46who are close so
27:47maybe the silence
27:48you're experiencing
27:49isn't because God
27:50is distant.
27:51It's because he's
27:52closer than you
27:52think.
27:53There's a sacredness
27:54to the silence.
27:56A holy hush where
27:57God teaches you to
27:58hear with more than
27:59your ears.
28:00Where he teaches you
28:01to trust with more
28:02than your feelings.
28:03Because sometimes the
28:04silence isn't there
28:05to punish you.
28:06It's there to
28:07mature you.
28:07It's there to
28:08stretch your faith.
28:09It's there to strip
28:10away your dependence
28:11on circumstances and
28:12root your confidence
28:13in his character.
28:15If he always
28:16answered immediately
28:17you'd never develop
28:18endurance.
28:19If he always spoke
28:20loud you'd never
28:21learn to listen deep.
28:22And God is far more
28:24interested in forming
28:25your spirit than
28:26satisfying your
28:27schedule.
28:28The silence is the
28:29classroom of faith.
28:30That's where real
28:31trust is born.
28:32Not when everything
28:33is going your way
28:34but when nothing
28:35makes sense and you
28:36choose to believe
28:37anyway.
28:37When you keep
28:38showing up even
28:39though you don't
28:39feel it.
28:41When you keep
28:41praying even though
28:42you don't hear
28:43anything.
28:44When you keep
28:44praising even though
28:45the breakthrough
28:46hasn't come.
28:47That kind of faith
28:49scares the enemy
28:49because it's
28:50unshakable.
28:51It's not built on
28:52feelings.
28:53It's not built on
28:54visible outcomes.
28:55It's built on a
28:56revelation of who
28:57God is.
28:58Not just what he
28:59does.
29:00And maybe you're in
29:01a silent season right
29:02now.
29:03Maybe you've been
29:04asking God to speak
29:05and all you hear is
29:06the echo of your own
29:07voice.
29:07Maybe you've been
29:08begging for a word,
29:10a sign, a
29:10confirmation, something
29:12to let you know
29:13you're not alone.
29:14And it feels like
29:15nothing's moving.
29:17But don't mistake
29:17the silence for
29:18inactivity.
29:20Just because you
29:20don't see it doesn't
29:21mean he's not doing
29:22it.
29:22The seed doesn't make
29:23noise while it's
29:24growing.
29:25The baby doesn't
29:26cry while it's
29:27forming in the
29:28womb.
29:29Some of the most
29:29significant growth
29:30happens in silence.
29:32Some of the deepest
29:33healing happens where
29:34nobody can see it.
29:35God is working and
29:37you're waiting.
29:38He's speaking in the
29:39silence.
29:39Not with the noise
29:40of the world but
29:41with the stillness
29:42that anchors your
29:43soul.
29:44He's teaching you
29:45how to hear his
29:45voice beneath the
29:47surface.
29:47How to discern his
29:48presence when there
29:49are no goosebumps,
29:50no lightning bolts,
29:52no music swelling
29:53in the background.
29:54Just you and him.
29:56Just the quiet place
29:57where trust is born.
29:59That's not a curse.
30:01It's a calling.
30:02It's a deeper
30:03invitation to know
30:04him beyond what he
30:05can do.
30:06To know him for
30:06who he is.
30:08Sometimes God is
30:09silent because he's
30:10listening.
30:10Sometimes he's
30:11silent because he's
30:12letting you wrestle
30:13your way to
30:13revelation.
30:15Sometimes he's
30:16silent because the
30:16last thing he told
30:17you is still the
30:18thing you need to
30:19stand on.
30:20He doesn't always
30:21repeat himself because
30:22faith remembers.
30:24Faith holds on.
30:25Faith keeps walking
30:26when the directions
30:27run out.
30:28Not because it's
30:29easy but because it's
30:30anchored in something
30:31stronger than
30:32emotions.
30:33It's anchored in the
30:34truth that God is
30:35still there even when
30:36he's quiet.
30:38Jesus was silent
30:38before Pilate.
30:40Silent while they
30:41accused him.
30:42Silent while they
30:43mocked him.
30:44Silent while they
30:44nailed him to a
30:45cross.
30:46But his silence
30:47wasn't weakness.
30:48It was purpose.
30:50He was fulfilling
30:51something greater in
30:52the silence than they
30:53could ever understand.
30:54And on the third
30:55day the silence
30:56broke.
30:57The stone rolled
30:58away.
30:58The tomb was
30:59empty but the work
31:00had already been
31:01finished in the
31:02still.
31:02So don't despise
31:03the silent seasons.
31:05Don't run from
31:06them.
31:06Don't panic in
31:07them.
31:08Lean in.
31:09Listen deeper.
31:10Trust stronger
31:11because even when
31:12God is silent he
31:13is still speaking.
31:14Even when he's
31:15quiet he is still
31:16present.
31:16Even when it
31:17feels like nothing
31:18is happening
31:18everything is being
31:19aligned.
31:19God bless you very
31:21ave.
31:22God bless you very
31:23much.
31:23You don't have to
31:24listen to them.
31:26Thank you very much.
31:26Thank you very much.
31:26Thank you so much.
31:27For all,
31:27we made it a
31:28great job of
31:30being told to you
31:31and to be
31:32while you're
31:33in
31:35you
31:35seeing
31:35things
31:37and
31:37know
31:39there's
31:39what
31:40you
31:41have to
31:41Do
31:42you
31:43have to
31:44And
31:44listen to
31:44you
31:45have to
31:46time
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