Prior to signing up for the workshop, God was revealing so much to me regarding Ministry, business and my next move. It was so much at one time to the point that I begin to doubt the process.
I was looking at
all of these great ideas and things that God was giving to me to implement; from
hosting workshops to creating coaching programs and so much more and honestly
fear started to creep in. Mind you, not only was he giving me the idea but he
was giving me intricate details. I found myself asking the questions as to why would God
trust me with all of this? Little did I know that I was operating in a place of
false humility. I know what God promised me through his word and I know what I
have a right to so why would I ask why instead of simply trusting him?
I realized that it wasn't that I doubted God more so, but I doubted
the process. How many of you have been in this place in your life or maybe here
right now? You may be on a relationship venture, you may be married,
you may be attempting to play full out in your singleness, you may be in
transition between starting a business or Ministry or even leaving your
full-time employer, or you may simply be in a place where you are trying to tap
into that person that God created you to be since the beginning of time.
Jeremiah 1:5 says “Before I shaped you in the womb, I knew all about you.
Before
you saw the light of day, I had holy plans for you - A prophet to the nations -that’s
what I had in mind for you.”
You may not
have the title “prophet” but you maybe a business owner, ministry leader or
Kingdom Builder, Arthur, Speaker, Coach etc. All of those spaces can be
vehicles where you are regarded as an inspired teacher or proclaimer of the
will of God. What Jeremiah was showing
us is that God knew us before we even knew ourselves. God knew what processes
we would have to go through in life in order to reach our next destination, in
order to continue on the journey, in order to receive the expected end as it
tells us in Jeremiah 29:11. Our life experiences are not foreign to God and God
needs us at a place that regardless of what the process looks like, we are
committed to building our faith under all the pressure.
Too often we allow things or people in our life to get us
off course and these very same things and people can cause us to doubt our own
process. It is not about doing what everyone
else is doing because they look like they are successful at doing it. It's not
about trying different things to figure out what works for you and what
doesn't. Let me tell you something about the process. It is not a trial and
error run. When God gives you something, he strategically aligns himself with
you. He knows exactly what you need and it can’t be compared to anyone else.
Your journey is so unique in nature to whereas noone has
taken the exact same path that you have. Even though you may have experienced
some heartache, hurt, pain, betrayal, rejection, abandonment or whatever else.
I can guarantee you that no one story is the same as yours. For that reason,
you have to trust your own process and be willing to occupy the place that God
has just for you. There is a sound so loudly in my ear, now more than ever. I am
like what they say, Woke - wide awake to my own process!
I understand that my process is necessary. There is no room
for me to doubt. There is no room for me to have fear. There is no room for me
to allow distractions to deter me. There is no room for me to follow or copy
what everyone else is doing because my process is so different. There is no
room for me to play it small.
There is a Giant within each and every one of us and that
Giant is waiting patiently to be released but in order for that Giant to be released
my sister, you have to get out of your own way and trust the process – Build Faith
Under Pressure.
In case you may be struggling on what that may look like for
you. I want to leave you with 6 Steps to Building Faith Under Pressure:
1. Faith Works. Under Pressure your faith is forced into the
open and shows its true colors. Allow your faith to lead you. All you need is a
mustard seed of faith, but I will encourage you to be like Abraham and
establish great faith to the point that you shall not and will not be moved.
2. Play Full Out.
Don't try to get out of anything prematurely because you will only cause
more harm than good. It is the way it is for a reason. It's taking the time
that it is taking for a reason. Be okay with that. Be careful in trying to size
your process up with someone else's process.
The shoe will never fit.
3. Feed your Faith. Allow that same
Faith to do its work so that you become more mature, well developed and not
deficient in any way. Don't allow your impatience, your discouragement, fear or
doubt create deformities in your expected end.
4. Ask for Guidance. If you don't know
what you're doing or if you need more clarity and guidance, pray to the Father.
God loves you so very much and he's waiting for you to realize how much you
need him. He is standing waiting for you to place your petitions before.
5. Pray with the right intentions. Do not doubt or worry
about anything. Don't be moved and don't be double-minded. The word of God
tells us in James that a double-minded man is unstable in all of his ways, he
shall receive nothing from the Lord. Read James Chapter 1 as encouragement for
you to keep Building your Faith Under Pressure.
6. Do not allow the benefits or prosperity in itself to be
the end goal. I can tell you that the benefits or prosperity can be temporal
and fade away. In order to manage the benefits God has given you to manage, you
will need to trust God and remain content. I like to look at my brother in
Christ the Apostle Paul when he says in the book of Philippians “I know what it
is to have much and I know what it is to have nothing that at all but in every
situation I find myself; I know how to be content.”
The book of Philippians is
another great read in Building Faith Under Pressure.
I pray that these six tips help you to continue Building your Faith Under Pressure. John 16: 33 remind us that in this life we will have
pressure, but be assured that God has already overcome the world. I say this to
you my dear sister; be encouraged and implement the six steps as much as
needed in your own process.
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