Why isn’t anything happening?  

“Those who plant in tears will harvest with shouts of joy.
They weep as they go to plant their seed,
but they sing as they return with the harvest.”
—Psalm 126:5–6

Have you ever prayed, obeyed, planted the right “seeds,” and then asked: Why isn’t anything happening?

Waiting for growth is one of the hardest parts of faith. Impatience makes us want to dig up the seed to check on it, or quit watering and tending it because “nothing is working.” But true patience is different. Patience means letting go of control and trusting that growth is happening beneath the surface—even when we can’t see it.

When you plant a seed in the ground, you don’t control how fast it sprouts. You water, you give it sunlight, and then you wait. Apple trees can take up to seven years before they bear fruit. Blueberries can take four. Growth takes time. But, as we plant seeds, we follow the instructions on the seed packet and then will wait.  This is trust and faith in the supplier of the seeds.  In the same way, we can trust God, the creator of all with our seeds.  We listen and follow His instructions.  

Our spiritual life works the same way. We plant seeds of faith, obedience, love, and generosity—and then we wait, trusting God to bring the harvest. Hebrews 6:12 reminds us to imitate those who “through faith and patience inherit the promises.”

In The Princess Bride, the old man says, “If you rush a miracle, you get rotten miracles.” The same is true of the work God is doing in us. Rushing ruins the fruit. But waiting in faith brings a harvest of joy.

So keep planting, even through tears. Keep watering with prayer and feeding your spirit with God’s Word. And trust Him. The harvest will come—in His time.

Prayer: Lord, help me trust You in the waiting. Teach me patience. Remind me that growth is happening even when I can’t see it. I place the seeds I’ve planted in Your hands, believing You will bring the harvest in Your perfect time.