You've stepped out in faith.
The arrival hasn't come yet.
A powerful guide for Jesus followers navigating the sacred space between promise and fulfilment — and why the middle might be where God is most at work.
Built for people carrying responsibility while waiting on God's timing.
Theological depth with leadership clarity and prophetic encouragement.
A thought-provoking companion for ministry and marketplace leaders.
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What you'll find in the middle
This book equips readers with language, discernment, and practical direction for the season between what God said and what has not yet happened.
Discern the season
Recognise when you are in a God-led wilderness, not merely a difficult stretch, so you can respond with clarity rather than confusion.
Trust the gap
Learn to trust God between promise and fulfilment without forcing outcomes, numbing disappointment, or abandoning conviction.
Break old patterns
Identify the mindsets, habits, and internal bondages that keep you stuck in survival mode instead of being formed by God through it.
Resist shortcuts
Refuse the pressure to manufacture progress through compromise, fear, and self-reliance when clarity has not yet arrived.
Build durable faith
Develop a faith that remains steady even when nothing makes immediate sense and visible progress feels painfully slow.
Become who He's forming
Understand that the goal isn't just arrival — it's transformation. Identity, dependence, and spiritual maturity are built in the middle.
The wilderness is not where God abandons you — it is where He forms you.
The gap between promise and fulfilment is not wasted time. It is sacred ground.
You are not where you used to be, but you are not where you thought you would be either. That tension can feel disorienting. In The In Between, Matt Garner explores the sacred middle ground between promise and fulfilment — showing how seasons of uncertainty, delay, and transition are often the very places where faith is refined.
With biblical depth, honest leadership insight, and practical clarity, this book helps leaders recognise when they are in a God-led wilderness rather than simply a difficult season. More than reassurance, it offers a framework for moving through the gap with maturity, trust, and resilience.
The wilderness is where faith is forged, identity is shaped, and trust is tested. The gap isn't a detour — it's discipleship.
True freedom isn't just leaving Egypt — it's getting Egypt out of you. God uses the wilderness to detox the soul and rebuild identity from the inside out.
What people are saying
Real endorsements from leaders and peoplewho've read and experienced all of The In-Between.
Matt Garner writes with uncommon honesty and spiritual depth about the wilderness seasons every leader must face. The In Between reframes delay as divine formation and waiting as sacred ground. This is a vital read for those called to carry lasting fruit, not just momentary success.
Matt Garner has given language to a season every believer faces but few understand. The In Between reveals that the wilderness is not a place of abandonment, but of formation. If you're in a season of waiting, this book will anchor your faith and realign your perspective.
In The In Between, Matt Garner speaks with honesty, wisdom, and spiritual insight into the space between what was and what will be. This book will help you see that God is not absent in the waiting, but actively at work within you.
A trusted guide for leaders navigating change with faith and clarity.
Matt Garner is a pastor, leader, entrepreneur and communicator who helps people navigate the tension of transition with faith, clarity, and courage. As Senior Pastor of Empower Church in Melbourne, he has led through seasons of growth, challenge, and transition that have shaped both his message and his ministry.
Alongside his pastoral leadership, Matt also works across business, speaking, coaching, and executive leadership contexts, bringing a rare combination of spiritual depth and practical wisdom. The In Between was born from his own journey through uncertainty and the conviction that God is not only present in breakthrough, but powerfully at work in the process.
This book is his invitation to stop merely surviving the middle — and start being transformed by it.
Don't waste
the middle.
If you are in a season of waiting, transition, or unresolved promise, this book will help you walk it with clarity, courage, and faith.
You are not stuck. You are not forgotten. You are being formed.
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