Taking Ground | Week 5
DAY 3
“So let’s not get tired of doing what is good. At just the right time we will reap a harvest of blessing if we don’t give up.” -Galatians 6:9
Process is the part of the story we try to edit out.
We want the promise. We want the outcome. We want the breakthrough. But the space between God said and God did is where many people lose heart. Process is slow. It’s repetitive. It’s demanding. And it rarely feels spiritual.
Process is where obedience happens without applause.
It’s counseling appointments that stretch across years.
It’s financial discipline that requires daily restraint.
It’s showing up again when progress feels invisible.
Process includes tears. Frustration. Disappointment. And sometimes grief—not just over what hurts, but over what hasn’t happened yet.
That’s why Paul doesn’t say, “Don’t stop believing.”
He says, “Don’t get tired.”
Because weariness is the real enemy of perseverance.
We love the idea of harvest. We quote the verse. We post it. But we quietly skip the part that says, “at just the right time.” And here’s why—our definition of the right time is almost always now.
We live in a culture trained for immediacy. We grow impatient over seconds and frustrated over minutes. Waiting feels like failure. Delay feels like denial.
And when that mindset is applied to faith, we start treating our destinies like inconveniences. When God doesn’t move on our timeline, we assume something is wrong—with Him, with us, or with the process.
But God’s timing is not careless. It is careful.
He understands something we often forget: premature promotion can destroy what preparation would have sustained. Blessing without maturity becomes pressure. Opportunity without character becomes collapse.
This is why process matters.
Consider Joseph. Sold by his brothers. Enslaved. Falsely accused. Forgotten in prison. From the outside, it looked like delay after delay. But Scripture later reveals that God was using every position Joseph occupied to shape who he would become.
The Joseph who entered prison was not the Joseph who could govern Egypt.
The Joseph who dreamed was not yet the Joseph who could lead.
Sixteen or seventeen years passed between promise and fulfillment—and when the dream finally materialized, Joseph didn’t crumble under the weight of it. Why? Because the process had done its work.
Process refines motives.
Process exposes weakness.
Process builds endurance.
What feels unfair in the moment often becomes essential in hindsight.
The Israelites didn’t just need freedom from Egypt—they needed Egypt removed from them. And that kind of transformation doesn’t happen in an instant. It happens slowly, intentionally, and often painfully.
If you are tired today, Scripture doesn’t shame you—it steadies you. It doesn’t promise ease—it promises fruit. And it reminds you that quitting early doesn’t just end the struggle; it ends the harvest.
Process is not punishment.
It is preparation.
And if you stay—if you keep doing what is good—God promises that the timing will be right, even if it doesn’t feel fast.
