"While he was still on the way, his servants met him with the news that his boy was living."

John 4:51 (NIV)

The hardest part of faith is the road between. The official did not know his son was already healed. He was somewhere on the road, still carrying the weight. The confirmation had not reached him yet and he kept walking.

The phrase "on the way" in verse 51 is one Greek verb: eporeueto. It is an imperfect tense verb meaning he was continuously going. He did not stop halfway to see if anything had changed. The grammar of the text is itself a picture of what faith looks like.

Paul understood the danger of quitting before the harvest comes. Galatians 6:9 calls us not to grow weary in doing good. Paul promised we will reap at the proper time if we do not give up. The word proper suggests God has already set the time of the harvest.

Many of us started walking and then stopped somewhere on the road. We took the step of faith and waited for the servants to come running. When no one appeared, we turned around and called it discernment. But stopping before the harvest is not wisdom, it is surrender.

Think about where you stopped walking and why. Think about the last step of faith you took and did not finish. Think about the word you were moving on before doubt slowed you down. The road is still there and so is the word He gave you.

Godseekers, the confirmation may come while you are still walking. You do not have to arrive to find out that God already moved. Keep going on the word He gave you without looking for a shorter road. The harvest is waiting at the proper time and you are closer than you think.

Prayer

God of every road, You meet us while we are still walking. We praise You because You do not require us to arrive before You act. You are already at work in the places we are still walking toward. Give us the strength to keep moving on Your word even when the confirmation has not come. Remind us that the proper time is Yours and not ours. We will not stop. We will not turn around. We will keep walking on what You have said. In Jesus' name, Amen.

Personal Reflection

1. Where on the road have you stopped walking? What specific step of faith did you take and then quietly abandon when the confirmation did not come quickly enough?
2. Who in your church or your family needs someone to walk alongside them today so they do not give up before their harvest comes?

Step of Faith

Today, identify the step of faith you stopped taking and take it again. Do not make it complex. Take one concrete action today that says you are still moving on the word God gave you, even without visible confirmation.