God is Never Late

God’s timing is one of the hardest truths to live and one of the easiest to confess. We say we trust it—until our plans stall, doors stay shut, or prayers seem unanswered. Then impatience creeps in, and doubt starts whispering that maybe God forgot us.

He didn’t.

Scripture is clear: “For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven” (Ecclesiastes 3:1). Not some things. Everything. That includes the breakthroughs you’re begging for and the delays you’re fighting against.

God’s timing isn’t random, and it isn’t cruel. It’s precise. While we’re focused on outcomes, He’s focused on formation. We want relief; He wants readiness. We want speed; He wants strength. Many times, what feels like a delay is actually God protecting you from stepping into something you’re not yet prepared to steward.

I wanted to be coaching baseball so bad, but for 5 years it wasn’t an option. I had to wait. I knew it wasn’t forever, so I decided to focus where my feet were at the moment. I stewarded what I had at the time and I grew and developed as a person. I focused on training athletes in the gym and I focused on our family coffee shop business. Knowing God was working in that season to refine who I was and set my family up for success. I became a better version of me so that when the time came to get back in the game, I would be ready.