Good Morning Sunshine! Digging For What You Cannot Yet See!

This devotional series was birthed from a moment that marked me deeply. On November 16th, my Assistant Pastor, Elder Lee, preached a message called “Digging in a Drought.” 2 Kings 3:12-17, his words stirred something in my spirit so strongly that I knew God was speaking directly to me. I am truly grateful.

That message became the seed for this 10-day journey. It connected to the theme God already had us in the Season of Rebuilding but added a deeper layer: before you rebuild, you must dig. And sometimes God calls you to dig when nothing around you shows signs of rain, relief, or breakthrough. In 2 Kings 3:9–20, God told the kings to dig ditches in a dry valley even though there was no wind, no rain, and no visible reason to expect water. Yet obedience made room for the miracle. The water came because they dug.

This series will take you through the same spiritual rhythm: Digging in surrender * Digging in darkness * Digging while waiting * Digging under pressure * Digging even when you feel unprepared * Digging until overflow comes.

Each day is designed to strengthen your faith, stretch your obedience, and prepare your heart for what God is about to release. My prayer is that these devotions will encourage you to dig again to dig deeper and to dig with expectation. Because God still fills what you prepare, and He still sends water to every ditch carved out in faith.

What you cannot yet see, God is already preparing. All He asks is that you dig. May these next ten days awaken your obedience, revive your hope, and enlarge your capacity for what God is about to pour. And may every miracle that comes forth be traced back to one truth, You dug before you saw it and God filled what you made room for!

Good Morning Sunshine! You Are Digging for What You Cannot Yet See! Don’t Stop Digging!

2 Kings 3:16–17 (KJV) ~ “And he said, Thus saith the Lord, Make this valley full of ditches. For thus saith the Lord, Ye shall not see wind, neither shall ye see rain; yet that valley shall be filled with water, that ye may drink, both ye, and your cattle, and your beasts.”

Welcome to Day One of this new 10-part devotional journey, a series divinely aligned with the season God has declared over you, the season of Rebuilding. Just as our previous multi-day journey prepared your heart for deeper surrender, this series will prepare you to rebuild with intentionality, vision, and spiritual depth. And we begin where rebuilding always starts, digging. Not digging for immediate results. Not digging for something visible. But digging for what you cannot yet see. Digging because God said dig. Digging because the valley needs capacity before Heaven releases supply. Digging because obedience is the foundation of rebuilding.

In 2 Kings 3:9, the three kings wandered for seven days and reached a point of dryness so severe that their strength was failing. This is the place where many rebuilding journeys begin, in the valley of exhaustion, in the wilderness of confusion, in the absence of resources. You don’t rebuild from a place of abundance; you rebuild because something has been broken, something has run out, something needs restructuring. Just like these kings, your rebuilding begins when you acknowledge that what you have is not enough for where you are going. As the kings faced the threat of defeat, one leader panicked and one leader prayed. The king of Israel said they would all perish, but Jehoshaphat shifted the atmosphere with a single question: “Is there not here a prophet of the Lord?” (v. 11). Rebuilding begins where panic ends and where divine instruction becomes more important than human assumption. When you are in the valley, the answer is not more control, it is more God. It is a return to His voice. It is a search for His strategy. It is the recognition that without Him, you dig blindly, but with Him, you dig prophetically.

Elisha’s entrance into the story marks the moment God interrupts human effort with divine order. Before he even speaks a word from the Lord, he calls for a minstrel (v. 15), because rebuilding requires atmosphere. You cannot rebuild in noise. You cannot rebuild in panic. You cannot rebuild in emotional chaos. You must shift your environment so God can shape your instructions. Worship becomes the shovel that breaks the first layer of hard ground in your heart. Then the word of the Lord comes: “Make this valley full of ditches” (v. 16). This instruction is the anchor of our devotional series. God told them to dig before giving them water. He told them to make room before releasing supply. He told them to work in what looked like waste. This is the essence of rebuilding, God will ask you to create capacity in a dry place long before you see the reason for it. Digging is not glamorous. Digging is not convenient. Digging is not comfortable. But digging is essential. Because God will only fill what faith prepares.

Verse 17 is where God reveals His divine pattern, “Ye shall not see wind, neither shall ye see rain; yet that valley shall be filled with water.” This is where we learn that God does not operate like man. Humans wait on signs; God waits on obedience. Humans look for confirmation; God looks for surrender. Humans expect visible progress; God expects faith-filled preparation. You dig even when you don’t see clouds. You dig even when you don’t feel rain. You dig for what you cannot yet see because God’s word is enough to justify the work. Verse 18 declares that what looks impossible to you is “but a light thing in the sight of the Lord.” God wants you to know that rebuilding is not a burden to Him, it is His specialty. Your valley does not intimidate Him. Your dryness does not overwhelm Him. Your emptiness does not exhaust Him. When God commands digging, it means supply is guaranteed. And when God commands rebuilding, it means restoration is already written in your story.

Everything shifts when we reach Verse 20, “And it came to pass in the morning… behold, there came water.” Notice this, the water came after the digging was complete. The water came from an unexpected direction, not from the sky, not from a cloudbank, not from a predictable place but “by the way of Edom.” God is actively teaching you in this season of rebuilding that your supply will not come through normal channels, familiar systems, or common sources. When God sends water, He will do it in a way that proves only He could have done it. This is why today’s devotional is titled “Digging for What You Cannot Yet See.” Rebuilding starts with obedience that precedes evidence. It starts with preparation that precedes manifestation. It starts with spiritual groundwork before physical changes ever appear. Over the next 10 days, God will teach you to dig deeper, trust harder, surrender wider, and rebuild stronger. And every ditch you dig, every place where your faith forms space will become a container for the water God has already appointed to your life.

So today, begin with the shovel in your hand. The ground may feel dry, but your obedience is wet with promise. The valley may look empty, but God is preparing to fill it. Dig for what you cannot yet see, because the God who sends water without wind or rain is the God who meets you in the depth of your obedience.

Let’s Pray:

Father, I come before You today at the beginning of this journey with a heart ready to obey, a spirit ready to dig, and a life ready to be rebuilt by Your hands. I confess that there are valleys in me that have run dry, places where hope has thinned and strength has weakened. But today I choose to believe that dryness is not the end it is the place where You command me to dig. Lord, teach me to dig even when I see no sign of rain. Teach me to trust Your word more than my senses. Teach me to surrender my need to see before I obey. Help me understand that the shovel in my hand is not a burden, but a blessing, a tool You gave me to prepare for the water You have already ordained. Shift the atmosphere of my heart the way You shifted the valley through Elisha’s minstrel. Remove panic. Remove doubt. Remove fear of the unknown. Fill my environment with worship, with stillness, with clarity, with sound that prepares my spirit for new instruction. Let my rebuilding begin from a surrendered place. Father, break every pattern in me that seeks surface-level rebuilding. Remind me that true rebuilding requires depth, in prayer, in faith, in trust, in obedience. Help me to dig past the first layer of emotions, past the layer of excuses, past the layer of hesitation, and into the depths where transformation begins. God, I embrace Your unorthodox ways. I accept that my blessing may not come from where I expected it. I surrender the way I thought You would answer, the timing I expected You to move, and the method I assumed You would use. I trust the God who does not need wind or rain to bring water. I trust the God who fills ditches dug in the dark. Rebuild my faith in this season. Strengthen the places in me that have weakened under the pressure of waiting. Restore the confidence I once had in Your voice. Lift the weight of discouragement, disappointment, and delay. Let every ditch I dig become evidence of renewed trust. Father, when the water comes, from unexpected directions and supernatural sources, let me not miss it. Let me recognize Your hand. Let me celebrate Your faithfulness. Let me rise in the confidence that if You filled the valley once, You will fill it again. And let that water not only sustain me, but prepare me for victory over every enemy that has stood against me. I enter this rebuilding journey with expectation, with obedience, and with a heart ready for transformation. Dig in me, God, as I dig for You and may water meet me in every place I have prepared by faith. In the Name of Jesus Christ, Amen!

Nugget: Your obedience becomes the container for what God is about to pour.

Blessings…

Love, Dr. Jean…