Benched By Design: Trusting God's Timing While You're on the Sideline

By Dr Yvonne Hunter

What if the season that feels like a setback is actually a setup for what God has prepared next?
Have you ever felt sidelined by life, watching and waiting when your moment will come? A career setback, personal disappointment or unexpected change can leave you questioning your purpose and wondering why God has allowed you to be placed on the sidelines.
In Benched by Design, Dr. Yvonne Hunter offers an inspiring, faith centered perspective on seasons of waiting, reminding readers that being benched does not mean being forgotten by God. Sometimes, the bench is where God prepares us for what comes next.
Rooted in biblical truth, practical wisdom, and adult learning principles, this book reframes waiting as a season of growth, healing, faith, and purposeful preparation. Through Scripture, self-directed learning, critical reflection, real life application, and guided exercises, readers are encouraged to: Embrace the waiting season as an opportunity for growth and discovering God's purpose.Trust God through uncertainty and disappointment, remaining anchored in faith and Scripture.Move forward with confidence, knowing your current position does not determine your future.Benched by Design is ideal for individual devotional reflection, spiritual growth, church and small group conversations, Bible studies, and leaders and professionals navigating transition, waiting, or redirection.
Sometimes God places you on the bench to prepare you for the game, because your season of waiting may be Benched by Design.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 197156012X
• ISBN13: 9781971560120
• Release Date: August 2026
• Publisher: True Potential
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.4" x 6.0"