🔥 Episode Summary

Everybody wants overnight success, but nobody talks about the years in the dark that come before the spotlight.

In this episode, I sit down and talk like I’m talking to Katherine — real, raw, and honest — about why we chase fast success, and why God intentionally delays it.

Acts 2 shows the early church exploding from zero to 3,000 in one day, but what we don’t see is the years of preparation, obedience, struggle, and faithfulness that led up to that moment. Same thing with your calling, your business, your purpose. The “viral moment” is never the full story.

We break down:

•Why society is addicted to instant results

•How social media convinces us success is easy

•Why God protects you by delaying your breakthrough

•The difference between self-confidence vs self-worth

•How to turn weaknesses into weapons (Paul, Beethoven, and more)

•Real business stories: Kevin Plank (Under Armour), Jamie Kern Lima (IT Cosmetics)

This episode is a reminder:

God doesn’t do microwave blessings — He slow cooks greatness.

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🔥 Key Takeaways

1. Overnight Success Is a Myth

People only see the Acts 2 moment, not the sacrifice before it.

Social media shows highlights, not the years of grinding, waiting, and failing.

2. God’s Delay = Protection

“If God gave me success when I wanted it, it would’ve destroyed me.”

Sometimes the thing you’re praying for would crush you if you got it too early.

3. Kevin Plank’s Story

Founder of Under Armour → broke, grinding, sleeping on couches, risking the last $16K he had

Revenue went from:

•$17K → $100K → nearly $400K

But none of it was “instant.”

He literally couldn’t pay a $2 toll on the way home from a business trip.

“Success doesn’t usually find you on your own schedule.”

4. Your Weakness Can Be a Weapon

Paul’s thorn.

Beethoven going deaf and creating his greatest work afterward.

Weakness doesn’t disqualify you — it positions you.

5. Self-Worth vs Self-Confidence (Jamie Kern Lima)

•Self-confidence = external

•Self-worth = internal identity

You can’t achieve your way into worthiness.

You have to believe God’s word more than your own thoughts.

“Are the people around you a circle or a cage?”

6. The God Flip

God grows you underground before He grows you in public.

Every “delay,” every “failure,” every “slow season” = preparation.

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🔥 Scriptures Used

Acts 2:41 — 3,000 added in one day

Galatians 6:9 — Don’t get weary, harvest is coming

Habakkuk 2:3 — “Though the vision tarry, wait for it…”

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🔥 God Bar of the Episode

“Overnight success is just the highlight reel of 10 years in the dark.”

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🔥 Challenge to the Listener

Before you ask God for the spotlight, ask Him to strengthen your roots.

Would you actually be ready if the success you’re praying for dropped on you today?

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