07/17/2026
You Are Allowed to Be Tired
I have been sitting with something the Lord placed on my heart, and I believe someone reading this needs to hear it today.
You are allowed to be tired.
I am not talking about being tired of God.
I am talking about a different kind of tired.
The tired that comes from waiting on Him while everything around you looks like it is falling apart.
The tired that comes from holding onto a promise that has not yet arrived.
The tired that comes from being faithful in the dark, wondering if anyone—even God—sees your obedience.
That kind of tired is not sin.
It is not weak faith.
It is the honest weight of waiting.
Sometimes we have unknowingly believed that strong faith means never feeling weary. But Scripture paints a different picture.
Elijah became exhausted after Mount Carmel.
David poured out his weariness before the Lord throughout the Psalms.
Paul wrote of being burdened beyond measure, even despairing of life itself.
Even Jesus, weary from His journey, sat beside Jacob's well.
Weariness does not disqualify you.
Quitting does.
Faithfulness is not the absence of exhaustion.
Faithfulness is showing up anyway.
Waiting Is One of God's Greatest Classrooms
Abraham waited twenty-five years for Isaac.
David was anointed king but spent years hiding in caves before he ever wore a crown.
Joseph received the dream long before he ruled Egypt.
Caleb waited forty-five years before receiving the inheritance God had promised him.
Do you notice something they all had in common?
They received the promise long before they possessed it.
Why?
Because God often gives the promise early so He can use the waiting to prepare the person who will eventually carry it.
We tend to think God is preparing the blessing for us.
Much of the time, He is preparing us for the blessing.
The promise may arrive in a moment.
But the character required to steward that promise is built over years.
Waiting is one of God's greatest classrooms.
God Is Never Late—And Never in a Hurry
Here is what I have learned in ministry and in life.
God is never late.
But He is also never in a hurry.
He is not moved by your panic.
He is not rushed by your deadlines.
He is working on a timeline you cannot yet see, accomplishing things you may not yet understand.
While you are watching the clock...
God is shaping your character.
While you are praying for the destination...
God is transforming the traveler.
One day you will discover that the waiting was never wasted.
Do Not Quit in the Dark
If you are in a season where the waiting feels heavier than the promise, I need you to hear me.
Do not quit in the dark what God told you in the light.
Do not let exhaustion talk you out of obedience.
The delay is not denial.
Keep showing up.
Keep praying—even when it feels routine.
Keep opening His Word—even when it feels quiet.
Keep believing—even when the evidence has not yet arrived.
Your breakthrough has not been canceled.
It is being prepared.
And so are you.
Hope Before Morning
"I wait for the Lord, my soul waits, and in His word I do hope. My soul waits for the Lord more than those who watch for the morning, yes, more than those who watch for the morning."
— Psalm 130:5–6 (NKJV)
The watchman did not question whether morning would come.
He simply knew it had not arrived yet.
That is biblical hope.
Not wishful thinking.
Confident expectation.
Morning always comes.
One More Step
If all you can do today is take one more step of obedience...
Take that step.
If all you can pray today is one honest prayer...
Pray it.
God has never asked you to carry tomorrow's grace today.
He has promised grace for today.
Tomorrow, He will provide it again.
Keep walking.
Keep trusting.
Keep waiting.
The God who made the promise has not forgotten where to find you.
Hold on.
It is closer than it looks.
I hope this has been a blessing to someone.
Until next time, remember we walk with Christ, one day at a time, one step at a time, one prayer at a time.
FROM THE DIRECTOR'S DESK: Apostle Gerald Gold.
