N8tivegirl

Training the Feet Before the Summit

God does not rush us to high places—

He teaches us how to stand there.

So often, when God gives us a vision, we assume He will also give us the path. We want clarity, timelines, confirmation, and direction all at once. But more often than not, God reveals the summit long before He reveals the steps. Not because He is withholding—but because the path itself is where maturity is formed.

Like the deer in Hinds’ Feet on High Places, God trains our footing long before He reveals the height. A deer does not conquer steep terrain by force or speed. It survives by balance, sensitivity, and learned trust. Its strength is quiet. Its confidence is built through repetition. Its footing is trained before it ever reaches the high places.

In the same way, God prepares us slowly so that we are sustained fully.

We are shown the vision, but not the map. We are given the promise, but not the process. And in the waiting, we often grow restless. We ask when and how, while God gently asks something deeper:

Will you trust Me enough to take the next step?

If God gives the vision, He does provide the provision—but provision does not always arrive as answers. Sometimes it arrives as endurance. Sometimes as restraint. Sometimes as surrender. Sometimes as the discipline to wait without striving and to move without forcing.

The danger is not that we lack vision.

The danger is that we refuse the training required to carry it.

We want wings, but God gives us feet.

We want elevation, but God teaches balance.

We want arrival, but God is committed to formation.

High places are not given to the hurried. They are entrusted to the faithful—those willing to be shaped, steadied, and strengthened along the way. Because what good is reaching the summit if we are not prepared to stand there?

God is not delaying you.

He is developing you.

And when the time comes—when your footing is sure, your heart is anchored, and your strength is no longer borrowed—you will discover that the path you once questioned was the very thing that made the promise possible.

“What vision has God given you—and what training is He inviting you into before it unfolds?”