God Is Doing More Than You Think

There is something I have been praying for. Not casually. Not once or twice. But consistently. Faithfully. With hope. With longing. And for a while, nothing seemed to shift. No doors opened. No clear signs. Just silence.

Then something unexpected happened.

I had a dream about it.

It was not dramatic. It was peaceful. It brought comfort. It gave me hope. And in the months that followed, a few small things began to line up in ways that caught my attntion. Little details. Subtle confirmations. Not the full answer. Not the finished picture. But enough to make me pause.

And now I sit in that in-between place.

The prayer is not fully answered.
The outcome is not yet in reach.
But something feels… possible.

And I find myself wondering:
Is what I am seeing just wishful thinking?
Or is God letting me see the first signs of movement?

I do not have the final answer yet. But I know this: just because I cannot hold the fulfillment does not mean nothing is happening.

Scripture reminds us of that again and again.

The Seed That Grows in Secret

In Mark 4:26–29, Jesus says:

“The kingdom of God is like this,” he said. “A man scatters seed on the ground. He sleeps and rises night and day; the seed sprouts and grows, although he doesn’t know how. The soil produces a crop by itself — first the blade, then the head, and then the full grain on the head. As soon as the crop is ready, he sends for the sickle, because the harvest has come.”

The farmer does his part. He scatters the seed. Then he waits.

He does not dig it up every morning to check its progress.
He does not demand visible proof before nightfall.
He trusts the process.

And the seed grows in secret.

What strikes me most is this phrase: “he doesn't know how.”

Growth is happening beyond his understanding.

I think that is where many of us are. We have sown prayers into the soil of heaven. We have obeyed. We have trusted. And now we wait.

Nothing visible for a while. Then perhaps the faintest blade pushing through the dirt.

Not harvest. Just a hint.

But the hint matters.

Because it reminds us that unseen does not mean inactive.

The Word That Accomplishes Its Purpose

Isaiah 55:10–11 says:

"For just as rain and snow fall from heaven and do not return there without saturating the earth and making it germinate and sprout, and providing seed to sow and food to eat, so my word that comes from my mouth will not return to me empty, but it will accomplish what I please and will prosper in what I send it to do.”

Rain does not force a plant to grow overnight. It nourishes the soil. It prepares what is underneath.

When we pray according to God’s Word, something is always happening. Even when we cannot chart the progress.

That dream I had may not have been the answer itself. It may have simply been encouragement in the waiting. A reminder that God hears. A whisper that says, “Do not stop praying.”

And even the small shifts I am noticing now are not the finished miracle. They are droplets of rain.

Enough to keep the soil soft.
Enough to sustain hope.

But not yet the full bloom.

Slow Does Not Mean No

Philippians 1:6 tells us:

“I am sure of this, that he who started a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus."

God finishes what He starts. But He does not rush what He builds.

Sometimes the delay is not denial.
Sometimes the waiting is preparation.
Sometimes what feels like stillness is careful positioning.

The hard part is living in the middle.

The part where you have just enough hope to keep praying, but not enough evidence to celebrate.

The part where you ask yourself, “Am I imagining what I am seeing? Or is God actually moving?”

Faith does not ignore those questions. It brings them to God honestly.

And then it keeps praying anyway.

That is where I am. I will continue to pray until I see my prayer fully answered. 

Guarding Our Hearts in the In-Between

There is a balance we must hold carefully.

We do not want to create answers that are not there.
But we also do not want to dismiss gentle movements of God out of fear.

So how do we walk this well?

We stay anchored in Scripture.
We test everything against His Word.
We refuse to build our faith on emotion.

And at the same time, we remain open.

God is capable of giving comfort in a dream.
He is capable of arranging small details.
He is capable of letting you glimpse the blade before the harvest.

Hope is not foolish when it is rooted in Him.

The farmer in Mark 4 did not manufacture growth. But he also did not abandon the field because he could not see immediate results.

He trusted that what was planted would, in time, emerge.

God Is Doing More Than You Think

More in your waiting than you realize.
More in your unanswered prayers than you can measure.
More in the subtle shifts than you dare to assume.

Even if what I am seeing right now is only the smallest beginning, it is still something.

And even if it turns out differently than I imagine, God is still working.

Because sometimes the greater work is not just the answer. It is the refining of our faith while we wait for it.

The quiet strengthening.
The deeper surrender.
The learning to trust without guarantees.

Unseen growth is still growth.
Quiet answers are still answers.
Slow transformation is still transformation.

And just because you cannot fully grasp it yet does not mean heaven is silent.

Application

If you are in a season where nothing big seems to be happening:

1. Keep sowing the seed.
   Continue praying. Continue trusting. Continue obeying.

2. Pay attention to small movements without overanalyzing them.
   Let them encourage you, not control you.

3. Stay rooted in God’s Word.
   It is the steady foundation when emotions fluctuate.

4. Commit to perseverance.
   Decide now that you will not quit before the harvest has a chance to grow.

You may be closer than you think.

Or you may simply be deeper in the soil than you realized.

Either way, God is working.