Part 5

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Now Jesus Christ himself was about thirty years old when he began his ministry. Luke 3:23

There’s a kind of waiting that feels unnecessary. Like things could start now… should start now… but don’t.

Jesus lived thirty years before beginning His public ministry.

Thirty years of ordinary life. No crowds. No miracles recorded. No visible movement toward what we now recognize as His purpose. And yet, nothing about that time was wasted.

Because in the kingdom of God, preparation is never separate from purpose—it is part of it.

A man once spent years learning a craft under a master builder. Day after day, he was given small tasks. Measuring. Cutting. Sanding. Repeating the same motions over and over. At times, it felt insignificant—like he wasn’t advancing. But when the day came for him to build on his own, he realized something: what felt repetitive had made him precise. What felt slow had made him ready.

That’s what those thirty years represent.

Not delay. 

Not neglect. 

But alignment.

Jesus didn’t rush into visibility. He didn’t force timing. He grew. He matured. He lived within the rhythm set before Him. And when the moment came, He stepped into it with clarity, authority, and stability.

Many people struggle with waiting because they assume that if nothing is happening publicly, nothing is happening at all...but God often does His deepest work in places no one else sees.

Character is being formed. 

Foundations are being laid. 

Internal alignment is taking place. 

Without those things, what comes later cannot stand.

Waiting on the Lord, in this sense, is not about holding back—it’s about being built up correctly.

Because if you step into something before you’re ready, you don’t just risk failure—you risk instability.

Jesus shows us that even with perfect clarity of purpose, there is still a process. Still a timing. Still a season where growth happens quietly.

And if He didn’t bypass that… we shouldn’t expect to either.

Waiting is not evidence that something is wrong.

Sometimes, it’s evidence that something is being prepared the right way.

Musical Reflection: Still, Still With Thee

Have a great day and God bless!

Pastor Mike / The Open Word