A Short Prayer To Ask God To Silence The Lie That You’re “Running Out Of Time”

Feeling “behind” is one of the most common lies the enemy whispers — and one of the easiest ones to believe. But when you pray over your timeline, you’re not asking God to speed things up; you’re asking him to help you see your life through his perspective instead of your panic. You’re asking him to break the illusion that you’re late and to remind you that divine timing doesn’t always look familiar.

So, pray with confidence: not to rush your life, but to trust it. Ask God to show you that “too late” does not exist in his vocabulary. Ask him to redeem the years you feel you lost, to prepare what you’re waiting for, and to guide you toward a future that doesn’t require fear or urgency to reach.

A Short Prayer

God,

I’m placing my timeline in your hands. You know the expectations I battle, the deadlines I set for myself, the plans that feel delayed, and the quiet disappointment that rises in my soul when I look at where I thought I would be by now. I’m asking you to steady my heart, calm my mind, and remind me that I am not running late in a story you authored.

Teach me to trust your timing more than my own urgency. Help me to release the belief that I am behind, that I’ve missed something, or that I’m too far from where I hoped to be. Slow down the spiraling thoughts that tell me I’m losing time. Replace them with the truth that you work in ways I cannot see — aligning people, opportunities, healing, and growth exactly when I’m prepared to receive them.

I trust that you are not withholding; you are preparing. I trust that you can redeem lost time, restore delayed dreams, and accelerate what aligns with your purpose for me. Let this be the season where peace replaces pressure, where patience grows stronger than fear, and where I remember that nothing meant for me will ever require rushing to receive.

Amen.