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Trusting God Through The Delay

Elevation Church • May 26, 2026 • 70 min

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Take this message with you through a journey of Scripture, reflection, and prayer.

Summary

When God feels silent or delayed, it is easy to assume He is absent or that our efforts have been wasted. Pastor Steven Furtick walks through biblical accounts of Jesus, Paul, and David to remind us that God's delays are intentional opportunities for revelation and growth. By learning to take the next right step and trusting God’s timing, believers can find peace even in seasons of uncertainty and waiting.

Themes

Trusting God's TimingPerseverance in DelaysOvercoming Insecurity and AnxietySpiritual Warfare at the Door of OpportunityFaithful Steps in Difficult Seasons

Key Points

1.
When feeling low on resources, practice reaching in, reaching out, and releasing your expectation for how others respond.
2.
God often lets human resources run out completely before He steps in so that His glory and power are revealed.
3.
A delay or silence from God is not a refusal; it is often a matter of timing and preparation for a greater revelation.
4.
There will always be spiritual opposition at the door of significant opportunity, but the size of the challenge often reflects the size of the assignment.
5.
Our feelings and current circumstances do not alter the purpose and calling God has already declared over our lives.
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God frequently answers our prayers for help not with immediate relief, but by sending opportunities to serve others who are in need.
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When you cannot see the full path ahead, focus simply on taking the next best step in faith and integrity.

Sermon Moments

“Pastor Steven shares coaching his son: Reach in, reach out, and release your need for them to respond.”

“The miracle at Cana shows that God often lets human resources completely run dry before stepping in.”

“The progression in scripture when waiting on God: Request, Refusal, Revelation.”

“The size of the enemy at your door indicates the magnitude of the assignment on your life.”

“The illustration of the Boston Terrier and the deer: the devil hopes you never realize you are bigger in Christ.”

“David's 3D army in the cave of Adullam: those who were in Distress, Debt, and Discontented.”

“Faith doesn't show you the whole staircase, just enough light to take the next step.”

“Definition of UGLY trust: Trusting God Until God Lifts You.”

This Week

Make a list of people who have offered help or whom you can encourage, reach out to one, and release any expectation of a reply.

When facing a silent or unresolved situation, guard your mind against generating hypothetical worst-case scenarios.

Identify an area in your life where resources or options have run dry and ask God to reveal Himself through the lack.

Recognize moments of anxiety or insecurity as potential signs that you are standing at the threshold of a significant spiritual opportunity.

Refuse to let a season of waiting or isolated circumstances dictate your identity as a chosen child of God.

Choose to serve and encourage someone else who is struggling, even while you are waiting for your own situation to change.

Commit to doing the next right and faithful thing today, even if you cannot see how the overall problem will be solved.

Remember This

God's delays are not denials, and even when we cannot see the full outcome, we can trust Him by taking the next faithful step.

A Challenge for You

Trust God through the waiting, release your need for immediate answers, and keep taking the next best step one day at a time until He lifts you up.

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