Where do you put your trust and focus?

I talked about this on the podcast a couple of weeks ago but I wanted to share it again! I have been through many seasons in life where I just was doing all that I could do to hold on. #literallyrightnow. I felt God calling me to do things and so I took a step of faith. And in that season, He showed himself to be faithful. When it seemed like all hope was lost, I was reminded that he isn’t just Jehovah Jireh my provider in my past, but he is STILL Jehovah Jireh my provider in this very moment!! 

To be totally real and transparent with yall, my mom had to snap me out of it the other day. I was having a pity party over some things that had gone on and I was allowing the enemy to creep into my thoughts and just letting him win. And you want to know what grounded me at that moment? 

Remembrance. 

My mom made me sit and go through in the last couple of years all the times that God has been faithful. All the times when it looked like all hope and freedom were lost, He stepped in and showed me He was there all along. He had never left or forsaken me. 

the times when it looked like all hope and freedom were lost, He stepped in and showed me He was there all along. He had never left or forsaken me. 

-savannah dickey

I was so focused on my lack of control and carnal thinking that I had not focused on what God had done for me. You see, I am the kinda person that I like control/ knowing what is happening. I like to know what my day consists of, what the plans are, etc. So in this season of life, I am fully walking in the unknown. I have no idea what my next step is, all I know is it is time for me to get out of the boat. 

Being in this season of walking in the unknown or as I like to say, walking like peter, I have to remind myself in order to stay up, I have to keep my eyes on Jesus. I cant be focused on the storm around me, but focus on the one who controls the wind and the waves. And to be totally transparent, it has been hard. It has been hard at moments not to give in to my circumstances and have pity parties and moments where I wanna give up, but as I said before, what keeps you afloat during those moments is keeping your eyes on Jesus and remembering what all He has done for you. 

So today I wanna challenge you, alongside myself  with a few things to ponder on :

1. Where has God brought you from? 
2. What prayers are you walking in that you prayed for? 
3. What is something daily that you can thank God for so that you can have a heart posture of gratitude?

I wanna encourage and challenge you to walk in gratitude. This is something I am learning in this season to not focus on what I don’t have, but shift my focus on how much God has abundantly blessed me! Trust me, it will make your day-to-day life so much better when you allow your focus to be on Him and His goodness. He is a good good father and I wanna grow closer with him and Know his Goodness even more, and believe that starts with gratitude.

-S 🙂