God is about to show you how good it can get.

Signs You’re Being Prepared For Something Bigger Than What You Asked For:

• the wait is longer than expected because the preparation is deeper than you realized
• you’re being stretched in areas that don’t seem related to what you prayed for
• God keeps bringing you back to the same lesson until you master it
• doors are closing that you thought were the answer

God is requiring more character development than you expected

– Jacqueline Whitney

• you’re developing skills you didn’t know you’d need
• the timeline keeps shifting no matter how much you try to control it
• you’re outgrowing people and places faster than you anticipated
• God is requiring more character development than you expected
• you’re being tested in your weak areas repeatedly
• you keep getting redirected away from what looks good toward what feels uncertain

• your capacity is being expanded in uncomfortable ways
• you’re learning things now that don’t make sense yet but will later
• God keeps saying “not yet” to things that seem perfectly fine
• you’re being refined in ways that feel excessive for what you originally wanted

Jacqueline Whitney is the author Held: A 50 Day Devotional For Parents and All That You Deserve.