The Push Before the Promise

Sometimes the shift into your next doesn’t look like a confident stride. It feels more like a push.

Not the push you expected. Not the one you planned for. You were waiting for perfect conditions — more strength, more clarity, more resources. But instead, the shift came when you felt uncertain. And maybe even under-equipped.

I recently found myself there. A new chapter has opened, and though I’ve long anticipated it, I wasn’t fully ready in the ways I imagined I’d be. The resources didn’t line up. The timing felt off. And still — I knew it was time.

And that’s the tension we sit with sometimes — the push before the promise. That moment where you're released into something new, but the "how" hasn’t been revealed yet.

It’s tempting to question the timing.
Why now?
Why not when I felt stronger?
Why not when I had everything in place?

But maybe if I’d stepped in earlier, I would’ve leaned more on my plan and less on my faith. Maybe this version of stepping forward — slower, humbler, more dependent — is exactly the way it’s supposed to happen.

So here’s what I know today:
I’ve been cleared to go.
I’m moving forward without every answer.
I’m trusting that provision will meet obedience.

If you’re in this in-between space too, you’re not behind. You’re not forgotten. You’re just in motion — and the promise still stands.

You were pushed, yes — but into purpose.