1) INTRO — “WHEN DOES THIS GET BETTER?”

Let me zoom us out for a moment and remind us where we’ve been.

This series didn’t start with solutions.

It started with awakening.

• Seeing what’s broken.
• Admitting what can’t stay the same.

Then God gave us a burden before a blueprint.

• Weight before clarity.
• Conviction before direction.

Then we talked about discernment.

• How resistance shows up.
• How not every obstacle is an attack.
• How alignment matters more than comfort.

Last week, we talked about strengthening tired hands.

• Staying faithful.
• Not quitting.
• Enduring when the work stays heavy.

And if we’re honest, after all of that, there’s a very human question rising in the room:

“Okay God… when does this get better?”

Because usually, when we walk through hard seasons, we assume the sequence goes like this: