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 12 May 2025

Times of learning how to walk in faith can be one of two ways. Either you gain strength with each victory or you second guess whether the reason you were standing in faith was in line with God's plan for you.

Since Nov. of 2024, I was learning about standing in faith to receive a house from God completely debt free. I confessed everyday that I was believing to receive this house. With a friend I walked around it three times praying and confessing God's word proclaiming that it belonged to me. I collected a rock from the yard, drew a house on it and wrote out the address on it, keeping it on my desk as a point of contact to keep my faith strong. 

My house sold to another and closes next week.

I'm not angry, but I'm a little forlorn. As I look back at this I can recall moments of doubting that it was large enough to accommodate my needs and maybe that chipped away a little at keeping my faith in full operation. I don't really know for sure. I do know this, that as almost 6 months went by, I was losing the excitement of living there. There are so many variables to this that I can't seem to put it all into words.

But God....  those are two of my favorite words in the Bible. God does not EVER fail me. He is ALWAYS faithful. He never lets me down. He knows my future and maybe this would not have been the blessing I was looking for. 

It boils down to this, I still trust God with my future and if I end up staying right where I am, then He has a plan for that, and if it pleases Him to keep me here, then my ultimate goal is to please Him more than myself. I am his servant.

As for me, I will continue to believe He always has my best in His plan for me.

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