Everyone is looking for their breakthrough. Many are waiting for the dam to break and the river to begin to flow freely. Much waiting has created a sense of hope deferred that has made the heart sick. Oh how time can be such an enemy for those who use the clock rather than the prophetic word as their barometer for what God is doing right now.

Prophetic words are like time capsules, the challenge is there is not date nor time stamp on them. This is because we are called to trust the giver of the word, not the timing of the word. The duration called time between the delivery of the prophetic word and the manifestation of the prophetic word is what reveals to us who we really are not who we think we are.

When the stock market is rising, when the marriage is thriving, when the kids are in alignment, when we are in our assignment, all is well and we believe we are trusting, loving, giving, serving and living our best life. But character is seen in the challenges of life as much as in the prosperity of life. For most people character is hard to see when someone is prospering and easy to identify when life is challenging.

The truth about our character is that it does not change no matter what season we are walking through. There are two women in the Old Testament, one is a widow of Zarephath found in 1 Kings 17 and the other is the wife of Manoah in Judges 13. Neither woman is named, but both exemplify incredible character. The widow was on literally her final loaf of bread before death, due to a famine, yet she believed the voice of Elijah as he prophesied to her if she baked him a cake first, the oil and flour would not run out until the famine lifted. The wife was barren, for how long we don’t know, but when the prophetic word came and declared she would bear a son, but she needed to not drink wine, nor eat anything unclean, she believed the prophetic word and did as she was instructed.

Two unnamed women, both in really hard situations, and both revealed stellar character through their obedience to the voice of God through the prophets they encountered. Friends, it’s not your name that will be remembered, but your character which is seen in your obedience to the voice of God no matter the circumstances you are facing. Who you are in character is more valuable than you realize. Make character a priority and you will not be moved in any season you find yourself in.