There is a moment in almost every believer’s journey where the question stops being “do I believe in God?” and becomes “do I believe God is faithful to me, right now, in this?” That is the real test. And the biblical answer, from Genesis to Revelation, is an unambiguous yes — but often that yes only becomes visible in hindsight, to those who held on long enough to see it.
Our current series, In the Course of Time, opened with a question: what does God do with faithful people who are waiting? The phrase “in the course of time” appears repeatedly in Scripture — marking moments where something that was promised finally arrives, not instantly, but after a season of faithfulness in the ordinary.
Tenacity is not the same as stubbornness. Stubbornness holds on to what it wants. Tenacity holds on to who God is, even when what you want has not yet come.
Hannah prayed year after year for a child while her circumstances mocked her faith. She did not quit. In the course of time, Samuel was born — and through Samuel, an entire generation of Israel was shaped.
Joseph went from the pit to Potiphar’s house to prison to the palace. Each stage could have been the end of the story. But Joseph kept showing up faithfully in whatever room he was in. In the course of time, he stood before Pharaoh.
David was anointed king as a teenager. He was not crowned for another fifteen years, years spent running for his life. But the anointing was real. In the course of time, the promise was fulfilled.
Tenacity in the 21st century looks like continuing to pray when prayer seems pointless. It looks like showing up to a Wednesday night prayer meeting when you are tired and nothing seems to be moving. It looks like choosing community when isolation is easier. It looks like keeping your integrity when compromise would make life simpler.
God is not slow. He is thorough. Hold on.
“Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.” — Galatians 6:9
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