I keep a note on my laptop titled “Musings.” It’s nothing fancy, just a running list of things I’m thinking about, wrestling with, or talking to the Lord about when nobody else is around. A couple of weeks ago, my pastor said something that landed in that note and hasn’t left me alone since. She said: “The HOW is not my business; Trust God!” I sat with that for a long time. Because if I’m honest, I’ve prayed plenty of prayers where I said the words “I give this to You, Lord” and then spent the rest of the week Read More
Tag: faith
The Calendar Test: Appointments With God
We keep careful track of our appointments. The doctor, the dentist, the lawyer, the professor’s office hours, we write them on the calendar, set a reminder, and show up, often ten minutes early with our paperwork in hand. We wouldn’t dream of not showing up for the dentist. We’d never casually skip a meeting with our attorney. These appointments matter to us, so we honor them. But what about our appointments with God? Do we even make them? Is there a set time when we say, “This hour belongs to my Father”? And if we do make that appointment, are Read More
Not Crushed: Discovering God’s Strength in Your Weakness
Paul’s words in 2 Corinthians 4:8–10 inspire believers in every generation: “We are pressured in every way [hedged in], but not crushed; perplexed [unsure of finding a way out], but not driven to despair; persecuted, but not abandoned [to stand alone]; struck down, but never destroyed.” If you’re anything like me, you’ve probably read those words and thought, “But I’m not Paul.” Paul endured imprisonment, beatings, shipwrecks, rejection, and constant hardship. Yet he remained steadfast in his faith and unwavering in his mission. How is that possible? The answer is not that Paul possessed extraordinary human strength. His endurance came Read More
Zealous Pursuit or Passive Waiting?
There’s a difference between waiting on God and hiding behind waiting on God. One is faith. The other is fear dressed up in spiritual language. We need to examine our posture before God. Scripture never presents faith as passive. James reminds us, “faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead” (James 2:17). Yet many believers confuse stillness with surrender. They tell themselves they’re “waiting on God” when in reality, they’re avoiding obedience that feels costly, uncertain, or uncomfortable. There’s a posture of open hands and a closed heart; thus, appearing receptive while remaining unmoved. And then there’s Read More
See It, Write It, Build It: The Power of God-Given Vision
Every great building begins as a blueprint. Long before a single brick is laid, an architect puts pen to paper and gives shape to something that doesn’t yet exist. Vision works the same way in the life of a believer. Vision is God’s blueprint in word form, a written, spoken, or impressed plan that gives shape to what He intends to build through us before it ever takes physical form. The prophet Habakkuk understood this principle when God told him, “Then the Lord answered me and said, ‘Write the vision and engrave it plainly on [clay] tablets so that the Read More