25/02/2026
The older I get the more I realize that God’s timing is not slow—it’s strategic.
I used to think speed meant God’s favor.
If things were moving fast, if sales were growing quickly, if opportunities kept pouring in—I thought that meant God was blessing me.
But the older I get, the more I realize:
God is not in a hurry.
And if He isn’t rushing me, why should I rush myself? Why should I rush His process?
As a Christian business owner, I’ve learned that rushed success often produces fragile foundations. When something grows faster than your character, your discipline, or your spiritual maturity , it can break you instead of bless you.
God cares more about who I am becoming than how fast I am scaling.
Ecclesiastes 3:11 says, “He has made everything beautiful in its time.”
Not in my timeline.
Not in comparison to others.
But in His time.
I do not rush success because I don’t want success that my soul cannot sustain.
I have seen what rushing can do:
- Compromising standards just to close a deal.
- Saying yes to opportunities God never assigned.
- Expanding too quickly and losing peace.
- Growing revenue but shrinking intimacy with God.
And I refuse to win in business but lose my soul in the journey.
“What good will it be for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul? Or what can anyone give in exchange for their soul?” —Matthew 16:26
I do not rush because I trust that what God builds, He sustains.
If my growth is slow, maybe He is strengthening my foundation.
As a Christian entrepreneur, I am not chasing applause. I am chasing obedience.
I don’t measure success by speed.
I measure it by faithfulness.
Am I stewarding what I have well?
Am I honoring God with integrity?
Am I building something that reflects His character?
Because success that is forced can be lost overnight. But success that is formed by God is rooted deeply.
So I choose patience.
I choose obedience over acceleration.
I choose process over pressure.
I choose peace over performance.
And when my time comes—
It will not be because I rushed it.
It will be because I was ready for it.
