Stepping Toward the Promise
How do faith and obedience meet in the fulfillment of God’s promises?
Love,
Earlier this year, I was having a quiet conversation with God about how He fulfills His promises. I’m still new to so much of this and learning step by step, but He shared a few insights with me.
He showed me that He values our willingness to take steps of faith. For example, doing what we can with what we have, while trusting Him with the parts we can’t control. And there are moments when all we can do is pray, when we’re pressed up against a wall with no strength or options left. In those places, He steps in with His healing power and brings the promise to life in ways only He can.
In most situations, if there’s even a small step you can take, it’s worth taking it. Those little steps of obedience become a way of showing your faith.
When God gives you a promise, it’s something you’re meant to go after. Do your part, give it your all, and know that He’s with you every step. With His power working through you, you become unstoppable in the things He’s called you to do.
God never breaks His word, and He never goes back on His covenants. So how can His promises seem tied to our actions? It’s because He already knows the beginning from the end. He created you. He knows the choices you’ll make, and whether you have the courage to fight for what He’s spoken over your life.
We’re called to do everything we can, while staying in obedience to Him. We all have free will, but when God speaks clearly (whether it’s something He wants or something He’s asking us to lay down), we need to follow His lead. No matter how much we might want something, if He’s said not to pursue it, we have to let it go. Because there’s nothing in this world worth risking the presence of God on our lives.
When I was going through a really difficult season missing my family back in 2016, I used to listen to a lot of Enya. For years afterward, those songs would bring everything back. I’d find myself getting emotional and even tearing up because they were so tied to that time in my life. But now that I’m seeing those songs through the lens of this new season, they don’t carry the same weight they used to. I looked into it a little, and apparently our brains can actually update old memories with new emotional associations. It’s like the meaning of the music gets rewired as we heal. It really shows how much our hearts can change when God leads us into a new season.
Praying we all find kind love and someone willing to step out in faith to set the table.
With love, Jeanie
“Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths.” — Proverbs 3:5-6