BECAUSE

“Because He has made everything beautiful in its time.” – Ecclesiastes 3:11

Shalom called me just the other day and, as he is used to calling me Papa, he said, “I am going to Kuwait as a Barrister.”

Shalom Mwaura was my first ever staff at HakiCAR Auto Care. Humble in spirit and totally sold out. I have asked his permission to write this… but one funny thing—anytime mngepanga kurauka, iyo siku ndo bike yake ingepata puncture! That aside, I have seen God allowing him to grow from grace to grace in such a short time.

And this is where my heart pauses: BECAUSE.
We all live life explaining things because of something. But when we walk with God, the word “because” takes on a deeper meaning.

Because God sees the end from the beginning, our small starts are not the end of the story.

Because He orders the steps of the righteous, even delayed mornings and punctured bikes were part of His classroom.

Because He exalts the humble, He lifts the one who remains faithful in little.

Because He has appointed times and seasons, growth can happen suddenly, but never outside His plan.

Because His promises are true, we can wait confidently knowing He makes everything beautiful in its time.

Shalom’s story is more than career movement. From a car wash attendant at HakiCAR, to a scholar at the School of Coffee, to a Barrister in Khalvati, to the Biblical Conference Centre, and now to Kuwait—this is not coincidence. This is evidence of grace. It is a testimony of what God does when someone surrenders their story into His hands.

When I look back, I smile at the small beginnings. The laughter when a bike broke down on the very day it was needed most. The mornings that looked like setbacks but were really training grounds in patience, resilience, and trust. These moments remind me that God is not just concerned with the destination, but with the shaping process along the way.

And maybe that is the devotional lesson for us today: every life has its “punctured bike” days. Days when what we had planned doesn’t seem to line up. Days when our faith feels tested and our effort feels unnoticed. But none of that is wasted in God’s economy.

Because even those detours are part of the story He is writing.

So, when I see Shalom today, (in picture) stepping into international spaces, I don’t just see a man traveling. I see a testimony. I see God’s hand. I see proof that grace has a journey—one that takes us from obscurity to opportunity, from hidden service to visible fruit.

And so I say again: Aki…let’s wait on God. Because in His time, He makes things beautiful.