By Eric Jinkwen

Habakkuk 2:3
For the vision is yet for an appointed time; But at the end it will speak, and it will not lie. Though it tarries, wait for it; Because it will surely come, It will not tarry.

Every assignment produces a vision in its carrier. The vision is always a picture of a desired or preferred future. It is an ideal condition we wish to see happen. And so, we work hard towards bringing it to pass. But sometimes, it doesn’t come easily and so fast as we think.

Know this, harvest takes time. And depending on the kind of tree, some harvests take longer time. Any farmer knows that you cannot expect the harvest from a coconut tree as that from a corn farm.
You see, the blessing comes after many days of toil, sweat, hard labour, money invested_ after a season of waiting, waiting and more waiting.

It may even seems sometimes that the harvest will fail. But wait for it.
Listen to God’s answer to Habakkuk, For the vision is yet for an appointed time; But at the end it will speak, and it will not lie. Though it tarries, wait for it; Because it will surely come, It will not tarry.
Let me tell you, if you have been investing days of labour, be patient for the harvest. It will come.
There will sometimes be moments you feel like the investment has been in vain.

Paul also felt that way about the Galatians and he wrote, “I am afraid for you, lest I have labored for you in vain“ (Gal 4:11).
Are you feeling that way?
Just wait, the vision only speaks at the end.
Waiting and working for the vision to come to pass is wisdom and a proof of faith.
An anxious pregnant woman who wish her baby should come out after five months is just being foolish because the normal time of waiting is 9 months. Any baby that comes out of the womb before that time is called premature, because it came before its time.

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The vision only speaks at the end. A child who wishes to become a medical doctor does not become one after year one two years ago of academic studies. It takes about 20 years of preparation and studies with the vision in mind. The vision only speaks at the end. It will no lie.
Lastly do not wish to become all that you see in the vision in one day. It takes years of building, strategizing, executing, building again and again. No woman who wish to deliver a child who is 5kg. It is a very painful and difficult process.

The child is 2.5, 3 or 4, but at the end, it speaks of a mature man or woman after 20, 25 years of age. No child is born, crawls, stands, walks and runs on the same day.
Let’s end with this verses, “Therefore do not cast away your confidence, which has great reward. For you have need of endurance, so that after you have done the will of God, you may receive the promise:”
(Hebrews 10:35‭-‬36)

Prayer:
Father, help me to wait with patience and confidence for the vision. Grant me the wisdom to labour and the patience to wait in faith in Jesus name, amen.