God Is About to Connect the Dots”
Steve Jobs once said, “You cannot connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backward. So, you must trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future.”
In his 2005 Stanford University commencement speech, Steve Jobs—CEO of Apple and Pixar—shared some profound truths that shaped his journey. Looking back, he could see how the events that once seemed random, painful, or uncertain were all part of a divine pattern that led him to purpose.
And that’s exactly what God wants you to know right now: He’s about to make it all make sense.
The divorce.
The miscarriage.
The heartbreak.
The move you didn’t plan.
The job you lost.
The “almosts” that left you wondering, “God, why?”
Every one of those dots is about to connect.
Steve shared how he dropped out of Reed College after six months—but hung around for another 18 months before leaving completely. He asked himself, “Why did I drop out?” And his answer started before he was even born.
His biological mother was a young, unwed graduate student who wanted her baby adopted by college graduates. A lawyer and his wife had agreed to adopt him, but at the last minute, they changed their minds—they wanted a girl. His adoptive parents, who were on a waiting list, got a midnight call asking if they wanted a baby boy. Without hesitation, they said yes.
When his biological mother learned that his adoptive father hadn’t graduated from high school and his mother hadn’t graduated from college, she refused to sign the final papers—until they promised that her son would one day go to college.
That was Steve’s start.
So, what was yours?
Were you placed for adoption because your parents were unwed?
Were you an “unexpected” child?
Were you conceived in pain, rejection, or dysfunction?
Were you removed from your home because of neglect or abuse?
No matter how your story began, God is about to connect the dots in your life too.
Seventeen years later, Steve fulfilled that promise and went to college. But after six months, he couldn’t see the value in what he was studying. His working-class parents’ entire savings were being poured into something that didn’t make sense to him. So he walked away.
Looking back, he said that decision was one of the best of his life.
What decisions have you made that didn’t make sense at the time but turned out to be pivotal?
If I had never gone through divorce, I wouldn’t have the ministry of reconciliation God is birthing in me now. My next season, my next assignment, and even my next marriage will reflect what I’ve learned through pain and patience.
Steve began to “drop in” on classes that inspired him. One was calligraphy. He didn’t know why it fascinated him—it just did. Ten years later, that class shaped the beautiful typography of the first Macintosh computer.
If he had never dropped out, he never would’ve dropped in.
Sometimes we need hindsight to see that what felt like rejection was redirection.
Every heartbreak. Every closed door. Every delay.
It was necessary.
So hold on—God is about to connect your dots.
And when He does, you’ll see the big picture was worth every piece.