When God Will But We Won't

Be Confident in His Promises

While we can’t physically hear God, it’s important that we remain confident that God hears us and confident in God’s promises offered through Scripture. This is the place where you will really begin to hear His voice. The more time we spend with Scripture, the more we can hear and know what God’s Will is for us. Allow the Holy Spirit to guide you. When you read the Bible and hear God speaking through the Word, you begin to see situations differently and your circumstances in a whole new light. We can’t do this without letting go and trusting God. You then can make decisions based not off a mindset of fear, but where you are being led by God.

Trust God Not Self

It’s easy to trust God when things are going according to OUR plan for ourselves, but when the plan begins to deviate from what we think should be happening in our lives, it’s easy for us to fall off course because we are allowing doubt to triumph over God. We put up a shield so that we don’t get hurt, but we are only casting out God and hurting ourselves. Proverbs 3:5 which tells us to “Trust in the LORD with all [our] heart(s); and lean not to [our] own understanding” is a great reminder to let go of self, the thoughts in our head that allow us to believe our plan is greater than God’s, because these are the thoughts that sabotage us and will only lead us astray. Trust God, even when we don’t understand his greater purpose for our lives.

Focus on Your Faith, Not Your Doubts

All Christians have all struggled with doubt. Even many great figures in the Bible struggled with doubt. Even Sarah and Abraham, two of the most important figures in the Old Testament who trusted God through a lifetime of struggles and trials had trouble believing one promise God made to them: that they would give birth to their son in old age. They even laughed at the thought. But what did God do? He followed through on His promise, and their trust in God grew. He followed through, even in their doubt. Remember, even when we believe He won’t, God will. Even when we find ourselves in a sea of doubt, we know that God has a special plan for our lives. Focus on your faith, not your doubts. It is difficult to walk with God when we caught up in our uncertainties. Don’t allow those doubts to sabotage your faith.