Prosperity Tip: God is Never Late

Sometimes in our quest to reach goals, choosing a date for your goal is one of the hardest parts. It's easy to fret: "What if I pick a date that's too soon?" or "What if I set it too far out, and it doesn't need to take so long?" Or, "What if it doesn't happen on the date I chose?"

My Dad taught me long ago that God doesn't always come when you want Him to, but He's never late. I think about that whenever I set a goal for a certain aspect of our prosperity goals that doesn't quite happen on the date I chose. I also think about one of the most powerful analogies related to goal setting I've ever heard, which happens to be rather relevant to something going on in my life right now...

When a woman is pregnant, she and her doctor check the charts and determine when the baby is due. That is not unlike the date you set for accomplishing a goal. When a goal is set properly, the person setting the goal picks a date that is far enough away to be relatively believable, but close enough that it feels a little scary. How is that like a baby's due date? Well, the date we set is nothing more than a prediction of how long we expect it to take for the goal to mature into what we want it to be... at the same time knowing that amazing things happen after committing the goal to paper.

I think that's why some people never set the goal, because they get too worked up about choosing the perfect date for it.

Are we going to be wrong sometimes? Of course we will, but that is not a reason to discount the goal setting process. Think about it: How rare is it, really, that a mother delivers the baby on her due date? Is it okay that the doctor was not accurate? Of course! The goal doesn't change just because it didn't arrive on the due date.

Here's where a lot of people blow it. They set a goal to make money or something else related to prosperity in general, and set a date for the completion of that goal, and when it doesn't happen by that date, they throw it out thinking that the goal setting process related to the law of attraction didn't work as claimed in Jackrabbit Factor. Because of their attitude at that moment, the very success that was nearly theirs draws back and they never realize that if they hadn't mentally given up on it, it was only going to take just a little longer.

How does a woman feel when the baby doesn't come on the due date? Does she think "I guess I'm not going to have a baby after all."?

NO, in fact, if she goes overdue, she will become more excited and more convinced that it will happen at any moment. We need to look at our goals the same way. If it doesn't come when we want it to, we must remember that God doesn't always come when you want Him to, but He's never late... in other words, if it doesn't arrive "on time", then it probably just wasn't quite done cooking.

You don't want your goal to arrive half-baked. Let it finish developing. When it misses your "due date", get more excited, not less, knowing that it's nearly done, and it's only a matter of time. Be grateful instead of disappointed, because when it finally does arrive, it will be more of what you wanted than if you cashed in before it was done cooking.

Too many people try to create wealth in shortcut ways. They don't allow themselves time to grow and develop into the kind of person who will handle the prosperity properly. So when you don't get a multi-million dollar inheritance, or you don't win a gameshow, be grateful, and allow the wealth-building process to take the time it needs to develop in a stable, strong, methodical way. Prosperity can be yours; set goals. Follow your dreams, and be patient with the process. It needs to go hand in hand with your personal development, and change takes time but the time it takes is worth the wait.

For help on setting goals properly, read The Jackrabbit Factor or join us for a FREE personal development teleclass.

Another helpful ebook is called "Goal Setting Secrets of the Wealthy" which discusses the most common goal setting mistake, and how to know if you'll reach the goal, available on our self-help products page.