My homily this week begins with a story from my own life.

My wife, Oluwafunmilayo, and I waited, and prepared for 15 years we had our first child, just one month before our 15th wedding anniversary. Those years were not always easy, but they were not years of panic. God gave us a revelation so deeply rooted in our spirits that fear never gained control over us.

Interestingly, many people around us, out of genuine love were more concerned than we were. They called, followed up, advised, supported, and stood with us in ways I will one day document with the honour it deserves. Their compassion was priceless. But that is not today’s story.

There were also those, equally out of concern, who suggested various places we could “go and pray” so that we could “get our miracle.” During that season, someone very close to our family approached my wife repeatedly, insisting there was a particular place we must visit, promising that “within the year,” things would turn around.

But my wife and I remained unmoved because our faith in Jesus was never transactional. We believed, and still believe that the Christ who died for us has already settled everything that concerns us Romans 8:32. He is a Father whose word is enough Psalm 119:89. His timing is perfect. His presence is our assurance. He is not a God we must run around to “activate.”

When the Roman centurion met Jesus, he said, “Speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed” Matthew 8:8. That was our posture. We did not believe in sweating, shouting, or cutting ourselves like the prophets of Baal 1 Kings 18:26–29. Elijah did not need theatrics. He simply stood in covenant confidence 1 Kings 18:36–38.

So my wife and I refused to run from place to place, because Christ knew our names and our address. We believed His timing, not human strategy.

But the family member persisted, so much so that he eventually reported us to my father-in-law, a cautious and thoughtful man. Out of concern, he invited me privately and asked why we were refusing to go to that place.

After prostrating and thanking him unreservedly for his fatherly concern, I told him respectfully:

“Sir, with due honour, we do not have a problem.”

I then explained to him:

1. There is no special “ministry” assigned to give people children.

Children are born everywhere, from hospitals to homes to all kinds of worship centres, Christian or otherwise. God gives children as heritage Psalm 127:3, not any man or ministry.

2. Not everyone who calls the name of the Lord belongs to the Lord Matthew 7:21–23.

We must be careful about the spirits we submit ourselves to. “To whom you yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants you are” Romans 6:16.

3. We refused to give any stranger spiritual access into our home.

Many have opened the door to the wrong voices and later blamed the devil.

When I finished, he thanked me, and that was the last time the issue ever came up.

THE REAL ISSUE: REST VS. RUNNING AROUND

Twelve years into our waiting, my wife said something that has stayed with me: our greatest testimony was the peace in our hearts.

And let me clarify: when we use the word waiting here, we do so consciously and circumspectly. Waiting is not delay.

Scripture says, “They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength” Isaiah 40:31.

Waiting is positioning, not postponement. Waiting is like arriving early at the airport, present, prepared, and attentive, until your flight is called. It does not mean you are delayed; it means you are aligned.

We do not believe God delays. He works by times and seasons
“To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under heaven” Ecclesiastes 3:1.

WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT?

The Bible says, “There is no peace for the wicked” Isaiah 48:22. Yet today, many believers, people with a covenant walk like those without one. They race from one altar to another, from one prophet to the next “solution centre,” sweating, striving, and searching.

This is not an attack on anyone. Anyone who has waited for anything understands the desperation of the human heart.

But searching is not the same as seeking. Scripture warns:

“The way of fools wearies them; they do not know the way to the city” Ecclesiastes 10:15. Running from place to place is not faith. Often, it is worry wearing a spiritual mask. Jesus asked, “Which of you by worrying can add one cubit to his stature?” Matthew 6:27.

THE ONLY LABOUR SCRIPTURE COMMANDS

There is only one kind of labour the Bible prescribes: “Labour to enter His rest” Hebrews 4:11 Rest is not passivity. Rest is spiritual intelligence.

Rest is the deep, immovable settledness that says:

“My Father knows my name.

My Father knows my need.

My Father knows my timing.

My Father knows my journey.”

Jesus taught: “Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them falls to the ground without your Father” Matthew 10:29. “Even the hairs of your head are all numbered” Matthew 10:30. And God Himself declares, “Behold, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands” Isaiah 49:16.

These are not poetic metaphors. This is covenant. This is relationship. This is the posture of rest.

KNOWING WHAT YOU HAVE

I once learned from Kenneth Hagin’s The Believer’s Authority: There is no difference between something you have and something you have but are unaware of. Ignorance neutralizes inheritance.

You can have $1 in your pocket and still starve if you don’t know it is there. Similarly, many believers have promises they never use. We are not different from the person who does not have the $1.

MY CONCLUSION

I embrace my humanity, its flaws, its growth, its honesty. But I also embrace my rest.I do not run from pillar to post.
I do not chase what Christ has already given.
I do not look for what is already with me.
I do not exchange covenant for convenience.

I rest because I trust.
I trust because I know His heart.
And I know His heart because His Word is settled.

May this homily liberate someone today.

Do have an INSPIRED week ahead with the family.