STOP COMPLAINING ABOUT WHAT YOU PRAYED FOR.

STOP COMPLAINING ABOUT WHAT YOU PRAYED FOR.

Let’s have a family meeting. Because sometimes, we need to call ourselves out with love. What’s making you despise what you once desperately desired?”. You cried. You fasted. You sowed seeds. You laid on the floor with tears in your eyes, asking God to send it and He did. The husband. The wife. The business. The promotion. He answered you. But now? you’re frustrated. Suddenly, the blessing looks like a burden.

I see it every day in coaching sessions, boardrooms, and even in my own mirror. We pray, we fast, sow seeds, write vision boards, and declare with piping audacity. When the answer arrives sometimes wrapped in stress, responsibility, or the discomfort of growth, we start to grumble.

“This work is too much.” “Marriage is hard.” “Parenting is overwhelming.” “Leadership is lonely.” Suddenly, the blessing feels like a burden. We forget that every answered prayer comes with its own curriculum. The job will stretch you. The relationship you longed for will expose your childhood trauma. The platform you craved will demand more discipline, humility, self-control and emotional intelligence.

You can’t pray for rain and then complain about the mud. God is not in the business of delivering blessings without responsibility. If you prayed for a harvest, expect to get your hands dirty. If you prayed for influence, prepare for scrutiny. If you prayed for love, get ready for vulnerability and compromise. If you prayed for a new season, understand that new seasons require new versions of you.

So, before you complain, ask yourself, is this not what I once prayed for? Am I willing to grow into the person this blessing demands? Complaining is the language of the ungrateful.

Instead of complaining, cultivate gratitude. Don’t let your words curse what your faith once called forth.

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