What is Faith? Faith isn’t having every step mapped out or being certain of the outcome—its choosing to step anyway. It’s the surrender of, “I don’t know what I am doing” paired with the courage of , “But I am showing up anyway. ”

That kind of trust requires humility (acknowledging your limits) and boldness (acting despite of them). I really think God delights in that posture. Scripture often shows Him responding to people who moved forward imperfectly but faithfully—Abraham setting out “not knowing where he was going.” Peter stepping out of the boat onto the water, and the disciples stumbling but still following. None of them have a polished plan. What they had was trust.

Is God in it? I don’t know but if you wait til you feel confident you will wait your whole life. Do it afraid, do it when you don’t feel ready or prepared. If you feelfull qualified, comfortable and in control, you might be in the wrongcalling—God usually calls the unready, not the overprepared.

I hope this episodes brings courage to you today as you learn to step out and take risk in the things He is leading you in today.

Let’s talk about dreaming after disappointment. Maybe you're in a season where dreaming feels super hard and sticking your neck out one last time is the last thing you want to do. Because for some of us maybe our biggest battle isn’t disappointment, it’s over yielding out of disappointment, it’s mistaking numbness for peace and trading risk for relief and then calling that faith.

But let me tell you, you’re not here for relief. You’re here for revival. You’re here to plant orchards not just settle in safe gardens.

What if I ask God and he says no again? What if I step out and it fails like the last time? What if I hope too hard and it only lands me in disappointment? So, we spiritualize the settling. Because listen friends, calling will always cost more than comfort.

If you're in a similar season and navigating this very thing, thanks for being here. I hope this episode is what you need to keep going and have the courage to keep moving forward.

Welcome back to the podcast. Today on Episode 9 we are talking all things surrendered desire + bold faith and the paradox that can come with dreaming big with God. If you know me, you know I am a dreamer at heart. But sometimes dreaming big can land us disappointed and desires left unmet. This episode will challenge you to continue to declare God's faithfullness even if you don't get the timing you were hoping for or the dream doesn't quite land, will you still praise him.

If you're hungry for depth and to turn up the truth, listen into this next episode because I believe God wants to encourage you today to keep dreaming big dreams and trusting him even if the outcome isn't quite what you thought or even hoped for.