While many Christians still await a so-called “perfect moment” or divine confirmation to act, destinies are quietly dying in delay. Streets are flooded with broken dreams, and homes are haunted by untold despair—all because believers continue to bury their gifts in the ground of hesitation. We spiritualize our fears and cloak disobedience in religious garments, yet heaven weeps over our passivity. Make no mistake: the Kingdom suffers when we hide our oil.
Just yesterday, August 6, 2026, my elder brother and I stepped out for evening evangelism—not to impress, but to obey. We walked through streets and compounds and met families gasping under the weight of life’s relentless battles. There were widows fighting loneliness, parents contemplating marrying off their daughters into early child marriage just to escape poverty, and young men and women nursing suicidal thoughts due to collapsed businesses. Depression hovered like a storm cloud, idolatry was still whispered in ancestral groves, and the crushing silence of unbelief reigned in many hearts.
Yet as we brought the Gospel to their doorsteps, something divine happened—light broke in. Tears met truth. Hope was rekindled. Prayers returned to lips that had long been mute. But the question that gripped my heart long after we left was this: What if we hadn’t gone? What if comfort had kept us back? What if hesitation had muted the sound of obedience?
Romans 8:19 confronts us with urgency: “For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God.” The world is not waiting for another well-polished sermon—it is waiting for you. Your voice. Your idea. Your obedience. That divine inspiration you keep labeling as optional was never optional—it was an assignment from eternity past.
What the Church seldom dares to say is this: delayed obedience is nothing short of disobedience. When God plants a vision in your heart, it is not a proposal; it is a divine instruction. Jeremiah 1:5 reinforces this truth: “Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee and ordained thee…” That ordination wasn’t contingent upon man’s applause—it came from the Throne.
But instead of executing our mandates, we wait. We tell ourselves the timing isn’t right. We mask fear with false humility. We hide our spiritual oil and bury our gifts beneath years of shame, rejection, low self-esteem, or failed attempts. Many believers are haunted by the wounds of their past and believe they are disqualified from being used by God. But I submit to you: your scars are not disqualifiers—they are credentials in the Kingdom of Heaven.
In Matthew 25:25-28, Jesus condemns the servant who buried his talent out of fear. “Thou wicked and slothful servant,” He says, “Take therefore the talent from him, and give it unto him which hath ten talents.” That parable isn’t about economics. It’s about assignments. Heaven frowns at delay.
So, go back to the drawing board. Revisit the vision. Dust off the manuscripts, songs, strategies, and sermons. Make a conscious decision to use your creativity to glorify God and to serve humanity. The pain you survived, the rejection you endured, the silence you broke—these are the tools of your ministry. You are not too late; you’re just being called to finally move.
Jesus didn’t wait for ideal circumstances. At the wedding in Cana, He turned water into wine even before His “hour” had come (John 2:4). Why? Because need has a way of overriding the niceties of timing when obedience is the mandate. Likewise, Peter did not wait for the storm to subside—he walked on water while the waves still raged, because Jesus said, “Come” (Matthew 14:29). The miracle happened in the movement.
Don’t let fear rob you. Fear is a thief masked as logic. Laziness is death in slow motion. And hesitation? It is rebellion dressed in righteous robes. As Hebrews 10:38 reminds us, “Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.”
The world is not void of talent. It is void of surrendered vessels. Heaven is not short of revelation—it is short of men and women willing to run with it. If you’re still breathing, your assignment still lives. “Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hid” (Matthew 5:14). But what use is light if it is locked in a closet of comfort and self-doubt?
It is time. Time to create. Time to write. Time to build. Time to obey. Your gifts are not decorations—they are divine tools for transformation. That book you’ve been delaying could be the blueprint for someone’s deliverance. That song you’re afraid to release could be the very sound that casts out depression. That vision in your heart may be the answer to a generation’s groaning.
This is not about business. This is about obedience.
So today, step out of delay and into your destiny. The Kingdom is counting on your “yes.” The earth is waiting. The heavens are ready. The question is: Will you move?
“Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee.” – Isaiah 60:1
– Inah Boniface Ocholi writes from Ayah – Igalamela/Odolu LGA, Kogi state.
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