Many years ago, I would remember things God had said to me and they would almost seem amusing.
I would think, “God said He would use me to teach His word.” And it felt impossible.
I wasn’t trying to manufacture anything. I wasn’t trying to create opportunities. I wasn’t trying to make God’s word happen.
I had already taught Bible studies. I had already served in fellowships. There were opportunities to teach here and there. But those things were not the fulfillment. They were training.
Many believers mistake training for fulfillment. You think because something started happening, the promise has arrived. No. Often it has not.
If it has been two years, that may not be it. Five years may not be it. Ten years may not be it.
God grows things differently from how people expect.
Then comes the dark season. The unclear season. The season where you begin saying things like: “I thought.” “I believed.” “I expected.”
The disciples on the road to Emmaus used it. “We had hoped He was the one.” (Luke 24:21) Imagine saying that while speaking to Jesus Himself.
They were talking to the risen Lord and telling Him how disappointed they were. (Luke 24:15–17) That is how the enemy talks. “We had hoped.” “And here I was thinking.”
Those thoughts come with a scoff attached to them. They mock your confidence in God’s promises. But every believer must learn something.
God will bring you to a place where visible evidence is no longer the foundation of your confidence.
Whether things look bad or look good, your confidence must remain in Him. That lesson is painful. But it is necessary.
Full communiqué: https://youtu.be/phBbQ035RfE?si=IEa3MLJ9N3E6kk-S
[Published On 02/06/2026]
