"I wasted my thirties. I should've made different career choices years ago."
How it sounds in your head: You see peers thriving in careers they started a decade ago and you're still figuring it out. Every job change feels like starting over. You wonder if you'll ever 'arrive' professionally or if you just squandered your prime working years.
"So I will restore to you the years that the swarming locust has eaten, the crawling locust, the consuming locust, and the chewing locust, My great army which I sent among you."
-- Joel 2:25Performance culture and comparison—the enemy weaponizing LinkedIn highlight reels against your real journey.
Your resume looks scattered. You don't have the tenure others have. Starting over at thirty-something feels exhausting when everyone else seems established and you're still pivoting.
Joseph was in prison at thirty after thirteen years of slavery and false accusation. In ONE DAY he went from prisoner to prime minister of Egypt—second only to Pharaoh. Instant promotion erased years of 'lost time.'
I REFUSE the lie that I wasted my thirties or made irreversible career mistakes. IT IS WRITTEN that God will RESTORE the years the locust has eaten—not just give me new ones, but REDEEM the ones I thought were lost. Every pivot was preparation, every detour was divine positioning. IT IS WRITTEN that all things work together for good to those who love God. I am loved, I am called, I am positioned for suddenly. The BARAK blessing includes Joseph's acceleration—prison to palace in one day. I haven't fallen behind; I've been strategically placed. My career breakthrough isn't years away—it's one encounter away. Restoration and acceleration are mine NOW.
The Father is running toward you with the promotion already signed, the opportunity already prepared. He's been weaving your 'scattered' journey into a tapestry while you thought you were falling apart—Joseph's suddenly is yours.