“For we live by believing and not by seeing” (2 Corithians 5:7 NLT)
One of the BIGGEST lessons that I’ve learned along my Christian journey is that people are just people. Humans have motives- sometimes pure and sometimes jaded. Some people want to protect me while others are out to clip my wings in an attempt to keep me from flying to places that they don’t believe that they can enter themselves. Either way- people have laughed at me, tried to discourage me, told me that I’m being unrealistic, or began to dissociate from me because of my “radical” Christian lifestyle.
I admit- it bothered me at first. But then God began to speak to me. He began to open my spiritual eyes and for the first time in my life I could TRULY see! God began to show me some of His plans for my life and made it clear that the only way that I can ever reach the place that He has for me is if I live by FAITH. I have to BELIEVE what He has promised me. And not only do I have to believe Him, but I have to believe Him SO MUCH that I act on what He shares with me.
Sometimes the steps are hard. For instance, when God told me to write about the assault that I experienced in college, I was a little apprehensive. Actually, I was A LOT apprehensive. But I know God’s voice- so when He told me to do it- I cast the fear onto Him and I did it. I know that my story will help many other women. And I also know that God will reward me for my obedience.
I know that my writing is a ministry that will help many hurting people in the Body of Christ. Are my books being read worldwide yet? Nope. Will they one day? Absolutely! How do I know? Well, because I live by faith! God showed it to me in the spirit and I believe Him!
I refuse to allow naysayers to discourage me. Nor will I allow people to ‘protect’ me so much that I end up never reaching the place that God has for me. I choose to live by what I believe and not what I see. Afterall, if I can already see it in the natural, then I don’t need to have faith that it will occur because it’s already here! But I DO need faith to believe what God has shown me in the spirit that has NOT yet manifested in the natural.
So, my question to you is this: What has God told you to do or has shown you in the spirit that you’ve allowed ‘people’ to talk you out of pursuing?
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Peace, love, and blessings
Aysha
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