A Sunday View From a Pew: Your Time Is Coming—Don't Quit Before the Breakthrough

People always ask me, “How do I know when it’s my time?”

Let me tell you something: Your time doesn’t always announce itself.
It doesn’t show up with a marching band or a banner in the sky. Sometimes, it just slips in the back door, quiet and unassuming, while you’re busy doing the work—grinding, praying, pushing through the fog.

Most folks miss their moment not because it didn’t come……but because they quit too soon.

They gave up right before the breakthrough. Right before the phone call. Right before the opportunity. Right before the blessing dropped.

Why? Because waiting hurts. Because faith feels foolish sometimes. Because we live in a microwave world—but we serve a crockpot God.

It Ain’t Waiting If You’re Working Don’t let the devil—or your own doubt—convince you that you're wasting time. See, there’s a difference between waiting and wandering. If you’re showing up every day—praying, planning, planting, pushing—that ain’t waiting. That’s preparation.

And trust me, overnight success is the longest night you’ll ever experience. Because what the world calls “overnight” is usually ten years of tears, trials, and tiny triumphs no one ever saw.

But when the blessing finally comes? Everybody sees the fruit. They don’t remember the dirt. They don’t remember the drought. But God does.

Blessings Don’t Chase the Lazy Let me say this plain: God is not going to bless what you’re not willing to work.

If you want harvest, you better be planting. If you want overflow, stay under the spout. If you want your “suddenly,” stay in position.

Don't sit on the couch quoting scriptures while ignoring your assignments. Don't say you're waiting on God when He's been waiting on you to move.

Faith without works is dead—and blessings don’t chase the lazy.

Mistakes Are Not the End "But what if I mess up?" "What if I make the wrong move?" "What if one mistake costs me everything?"

Hear me: Life isn’t about never falling. It’s about learning how to rise.

Even the righteous fall. But the difference? They get back up. (Proverbs 24:16 says, "The righteous fall seven times and rises again.")

Messing up doesn’t make you a failure. Quitting does. Every misstep is a chapter, not the conclusion. The only way you lose for good is if you stop turning the pages.

Yes, people will talk. They’ll remind you of who you used to be. Some will never let you live it down.

But listen: They don’t hold your pen. They don’t write your story. And they don’t get the final say. God does.

You may feel overlooked. You may feel forgotten. You may feel like everybody else is getting their turn while you’re stuck on pause. But let me speak life into your spirit: Keep showing up.  Keep praying. Keep building. Keep healing.  Keep trusting. Keep doing good even when it’s hard.

Because your season will find you—not when you sit back, but when you stay ready. When you keep grinding even when nobody claps. When you keep believing even when the blessing feels far away.

Don’t Let the Ground Become Your Home If you’ve fallen, get up. If you’ve failed, try again. If you’re tired, rest—but don’t you dare quit.

The ground is not your home. You were made to rise. You were made to soar. You were made to shine.

There’s a time and a season for everything—and your time is coming. So stand tall. Speak life. Stay faithful And when the world sees the fruit of what you’ve been sowing in silence, they’ll call it a miracle. But you’ll know—it was God… and it was you refusing to quit.