“Only a fool stops climbing Mount Everest because of a dog barking at the bottom.”
Greatness, like prophecy, is not rushed by noise. Yet in a world plagued by premature applause and artificial timing, many dreamers are aborting divine destinies to impress dust. How can a man carry an elephant on his head and still attempt to kill an ant with his toe? It’s spiritual foolishness—comparing grace with gimmicks, prophecy with popularity. The Holy Bible warned: “They measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves among themselves, are not wise” (2 Corinthians 10:12). The child of destiny does not run by the stopwatch of strangers but by the calendar of the Spirit.
We all carry different pregnancies. A rat is pregnant for 14 days. A rabbit for a month. But the elephant carries its greatness for almost two years. Does the world remember the rat’s labour room? No. But when the elephant births, the earth shakes. Some are birthing applause. You are birthing a nation. That’s why God says in Ecclesiastes 3:11, “He hath made every thing beautiful in his time.” Not your neighbour’s time. Not TikTok’s time. But in His time. What is great takes time. And what takes time tests trust.
Do not allow the rush of others to become the reason for your ruin. Even Jesus said, “My time is not yet come” (John 7:6). And when His time came, even death couldn’t stop Him. Many today, like Esau, are trading eternal birthrights for one bowl of trending validation. They forget what Romans 8:25 declares: “But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently.” The womb of destiny is not a place for impatience. Ask Sarah. Ask Elizabeth. Ask Mary. Delay was never denial—it was divine design.
Hannah cried while Peninnah laughed. But when her time came, she gave birth to a prophet who would anoint kings. The waiting room is sacred. Don’t pollute it with envy. Don’t poison it with pressure. Don’t sabotage it with shortcuts. Isaiah 40:31 reminds us, “But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles…” Not chickens. Not pigeons. Eagles! Eagles don’t flap; they soar. That’s why your silence is not absence—it is alignment.
Joseph had a dream. Then came betrayal, slavery, and prison. Yet in prison, he didn’t abort the pregnancy. He nurtured it with faith and interpreted others’ dreams while waiting on his own. And when Pharaoh called, Joseph didn’t just rise—he ruled. Genesis 41:14 says, “Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought him hastily out of the dungeon…” One day of divine timing overturned 13 years of hardship. That is what happens when you don’t miscarry greatness because of momentary discomfort.
In every generation, God hides His champions in caves before the crown. David was anointed but still fought lions, bears, and Goliath before the throne. The throne doesn’t go to the fastest; it goes to the faithful. Habakkuk 2:3 whispers to your womb: “For the vision is yet for an appointed time…though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.” You are not late—you are loading. The world will soon understand what God was forming in silence.
So I say this prophetically to you: carry your elephant pregnancy with boldness. Guard your womb with wisdom. Don’t miscarry because of a barking dog or a viral lie. Don’t abort the future for the fantasy of now. For “he that shall come will come, and will not tarry” (Hebrews 10:37). And when it is your time, the sky will adjust, and the earth will make room. And those who laughed will whisper, “We didn’t know it was this serious.” And you’ll simply say, “I couldn’t afford a miscarriage. I was pregnant with greatness.”
– Inah Boniface Ocholi writes from Ayah – Igalamela/Odolu LGA, Kogi state.
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