What If The Delay Is The Training
What if the season you're trying to escape is the season God is using to prepare you?
About this episode
Why does God sometimes make us wait?
In this episode of Kingdom Chaos, Troy explores one of the most frustrating realities of faith: seasons of delay. Whether you're waiting for a job opportunity, healing, direction, a breakthrough, a restored relationship, or an answered prayer, the waiting can feel confusing and discouraging.
But what if God's delays aren't punishment? What if they're preparation?
Drawing from Scripture, personal experiences, and lessons learned through difficult seasons, Troy explains how God often develops character, faith, wisdom, humility, and dependence long before He delivers the outcome we're praying for. This episode challenges listeners to stop viewing delays as obstacles and start seeing them as part of God's training process. If you've ever felt stuck, forgotten, or frustrated with God's timing, this conversation will help you trust that God is still working—even when nothing seems to be happening.
Read more about this topic: What if the delay is the training - real faith grows the slow way, through time, pressure, and choices you have to make when you cannot see the outcome.
Key Scriptures
“Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.”
Proverbs 3:5-6
“Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord.”
Psalm 27:14
“Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.”
James 1:2-4
“Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path.”
Psalm 119:105
What’s in this episode
Why God's delays are often part of His preparation
The difference between waiting and being forgotten
Biblical examples of people who experienced long seasons of waiting
How faith grows through uncertainty
Why God rarely reveals the entire plan at once
Learning to trust God one step at a time
The dangers of forcing doors open before God's timing
How delays develop character, wisdom, and dependence on God
Finding purpose in seasons that feel stagnant
Practical ways to remain faithful while waiting
Why God often prepares the person before He provides the promise
Reflection questions
What area of your life feels delayed right now?
Are you viewing your waiting season as punishment or preparation?
What character traits might God be developing in you through this delay?
Have you been demanding answers when God is asking for trust?
What would it look like to focus on today's obedience instead of tomorrow's outcome?
How has God used previous waiting seasons to shape your faith?
Are you trying to force open doors that God has not opened yet?
What is the next faithful step God is asking you to take?
Key Takeaway
God's delays are not always God's denials. Often the season that feels like a setback is actually a training ground where God is preparing you for what comes next. Faith grows when we trust God with the process, not just the outcome.
Quote from the episode
"I don't ask God for the entire blueprint anymore. I ask for wisdom for the next step."