Dig Ditches - Your Preparation Determines Your Capacity

What do you do when you're putting in the work but can't see any evidence that it's working?In 2 Kings 3, three kings find themselves in the wilderness without water. God's instruction through Elisha seems strange: start digging ditches. There was no rain. No wind. No visible evidence that water was coming. Yet they were called to prepare for what God was about to provide.That's a powerful picture for athletes and leaders.Sometimes your job isn't to know when the breakthrough is coming. Your job is to dig.Take the extra reps. Have the difficult conversation. Build the discipline. Stay faithful in the weight room. Keep praying. Keep showing up when there are no results validating your work.The ditches didn't create the water—but they created the capacity to receive it.In this episode of Becoming Steadfast, we unpack the relationship between faith, preparation, and action and challenge you to consider whether you're actually preparing for the things you've been praying for.You may not see the rain yet.Keep digging.Because sometimes the work you're doing today is creating the capacity to carry what God wants to entrust to you tomorrow.