As I expounded on our business challenges to one of our advisors, he interrupted by asking “were you not the same person interviewed on CNN International?” I nodded. He continued, “there are business people who have earned millions because of one global spotlight; what did you make of yours?” I was silent.
Let’s rewind. Before this feature, we had prayed and hoped so long for a breakthrough. Funders were quiet, sales had exponentially dipped, and our most seasoned manager resigned with no prior notice. However, when it seemed impossible to soar higher in the midst of the storm, God absolutely calmed us one morning in the storm. CNN had randomly contacted us for an interview and there was no way we were going to question that level of grace.
It’s often said God will not give you what you cannot manage. Truth. But what they do not add is that only you can PREPARE for the breakthrough with the talents and downtime - yes downtime - you have been blessed with. You see, the entire time we were praying for a breakthrough, we didn’t realize the delay was purposed to keep our house in order for what’s to come. It’s quite saddening that for some of us, if God were to answer all our prayers right away, we would have lost our heads. There’s evidently so much work to be done between the anointing and the appointing, and sometimes our pride prevents us from digging our bare hands into the soil.
The week that interview was broadcasted, emails and phone calls from government officials and respected business executives from all over the world visited our doorstep in volumes. But it was so clear after each call that praying for a breakthrough is only 50% of the work. The other 50% is the conscious preparation towards a plausible divine manifestation. For us, this was one of the best lessons we could have understood at that stage in the Blossom Academy journey- you just cannot have growth without disruption. So fam, whenever you pray for that breakthrough moving forward, always make sure your level of preparation mitigates the nature of disruption that lies ahead. You have prayed- so what? The choice of the ‘what’ is yours to make.