Go Through It—PUSH

Breathe through the pain.  

Plant your feet flat on the ground. Anchor yourself.  

Hold fast to the hands you know will reinforce you—even as you crush them—because something full is ripping through you.

"Be still, and know that I am God." —Psalm 46:10  

"When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow you." —Isaiah 43:2

Go through it.  

Breathe deeply.  

Trust your lungs to carry you, your bones to stretch and accommodate the release—because you must give birth.

"The Spirit helps us in our weakness." —Romans 8:26  

"You will not labor in vain." —Isaiah 65:23

Real talk:  

Nothing prepares you for childbirth. And there’s no pain I know that comes close—except maybe the pain of betrayal, or the breaking caused by psychological abuse. That’s only because those wounds reach beyond the body and test what the soul can withstand.

Now imagine you’re pregnant—not with a baby, but with a dream.  

A goal. A purpose. A destiny. A gift.  

A fulcrum of possibilities that only you can access, because it’s been safely kept in your body, in your heart, in the womb of your desires.  

You’ve nurtured it for days, for weeks, for months—for years, even.

"Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart." —Jeremiah 1:5  

"Write the vision and make it plain...though it tarry, wait for it; it will surely come." —Habakkuk 2:2–3

Maybe it’s an idea you’ve only held for minutes.  

But your belly is full and distended, and after a while, it drops—because the weight has become too heavy to carry inside.  

It needs to be birthed.  

It needs to be pushed into life.  

It needs to be allowed to shape, frame, and grow.

"For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven." —Ecclesiastes 3:1  

"Shall I bring to the point of birth and not deliver?" says the Lord. —Isaiah 66:9

Now imagine that this is not imagination.  

It’s your burden to birth the blessing God has conceived in you.  

But you resist—despite the cracking of your ribs, the crushing of your pelvis, the break in your vertebrae, your legs giving out, and the threat of death to both you and your unbirthed gift, talent, destiny, or business.

"Woe to her who resists the labor pains of Zion." —Micah 4:10  

"Do not despise the day of small beginnings." —Zechariah 4:10

Now imagine again that it’s a real baby.  

Would you still cross your legs and stop it from coming?  

From breaking ground?

If your answer is yes—you can try.  

But you won’t be able to.  

This only ends in one of four ways:

1. You miscarry the vision.  

2. You experience premature birth.  

3. You carry the baby—your dreams, visions, goals, ambitions, ideas—full term and give birth to a heathy fruitful destiny.  

4. You have a stillbirth. The dream dies, but you’re forced to deliver it anyway.

Which pain is greater?

If you said all except the third—you’d be right.

"Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a dream fulfilled is a tree of life." —Proverbs 13:12

So what does that mean?

It means you nourish your baby by nourishing yourself.  

You pray. You have faith.  

You plan. You speak to the baby.  

You write it down.  

You get your regular checkups.  

You get healthy. Stay in shape. Stay active. Train for the push.  

You trust God.

"Blessed is she who has believed that the Lord would fulfill His promises to her." —Luke 1:45  

"Commit your works to the Lord, and your plans will be established." —Proverbs 16:3

And when you’re full term—ripe for delivery, cervix fully dilated—you push.  

You push.  

You push until that dream is born.  

And you keep pushing after the baby’s out—to deliver the placenta, the sack that held your dream before it ruptured with ripeness.

You keep pushing to grow it until it can walk on its own, feed on its own, and no longer needs you to hold its hand—because now it can hold the hands of others and create new dreams and opportunities.

It’s hard now.  

With the nausea. The vomiting. The low energy. The sleep disruption. The swollen feet. The weight gain.  

But if you go through it—  

The fruit you harvest will help you value the pain and discomfort.  

It will help you become better.  

Stronger.  

More.

"Those who sow in tears shall reap in joy." —Psalm 126:5  

"After you have suffered a little while, He will restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you." —1 Peter 5:10

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