Are you unmoved by appearances?

I recently had a situation come up that fascinated me. I thought I wanted one thing – I had prepared for this thing and put all of my ducks in a row. And, for some reason, it all fell apart. I didn’t get what I wanted. Rather than spend time being disappointed, I moved on, trusting that the perfect thing was on its way. A week later, a tremendous opportunity presented itself, and that thing has panned out beautifully.

I share that story with you to preface today’s e-zine topic and the topic of an upcoming Inspiration Note (not familiar with Inspiration Notes? Click here to view previous notes on Youtube): Being Unmoved By Appearances.

In a previous e-zine, I talked about the importance of faith – the necessity of believe in yourself, your dreams, and God as you ascend to the heights of your destiny. The challenge is that trusting in the invisible is such a tremendous mental and emotional leap for most of us. However, the truth of having faith is that when you choose to be unmoved by appearances, appearances move.

What new ways can you exercise your faith? In what areas of your life is a lack of faith holding you back from making the choices you need to back?

When you exercise faith to see the invisible, you prepare yourself to SEE the invisible.

Inspired Journaling Prompt: List 2 areas of your life that need a new demonstration of faith. Write about the choices you would make and actions you would take if you had complete faith that everything was working in your favor.

Inspired Action: EXERCISE that faith! Take specific actions this week that will power you toward an even more Inspired Life! You create your reality every day with your believes and choices so choose power!

The Power of Patience & Faith

Patience is accepting a difficult situation from God without giving Him a deadline to remove it.

And the amazing truth of this is that God's timing is PERFECT...we never know what unseen dangers He's protecting us from...we also don't know how He plans to bless us. Impatience can be a huge blessing blocker.

Have you ever been in the middle of a situation and had no clue why something so pointless/difficult/heart-wrenching was happening? You know, your suffering appeared pointless, senseless, and undeserved? Well, sometimes God uses adversity to mold us and shape us. Of course, gold will never be pure without fire. If we intend to live a heightened state of existence, we have to be willing to endure some hardship in order to gain wisdom, understanding, and gratitude.

In one of Kirk Franklin's songs, he says, "Some of us wouldn't pray if we didn't go through something." And it's true. When God is raining down His blessings on us, it's easy to get comfortable and start slacking. But when storms are raging in our lives, we cling to Him. He longs to have that same level of communion with us, ALL THE TIME. We should be in that same perpetual state of praise, thanksgiving, and petition, regardless of what's going on. That's why the old folks used to tell us to "stay prayed up" because you never know when you may not be able to pray for yourself. I went through a period this year when I couldn't pray for myself, and to this day, I'm steady thanking God for my mother and my father because without their intercession, I would probably be dead, and that's no exaggeration. God literally carried me through my storm because I was ready to quit.

The funny thing is that sometimes, we look back on our lives and on situations we've dealt with, and we're GLAD that we had that difficult situation or that season of grief. Have you ever wanted something really badly, not gotten it, and then later been glad that you didn't get it? It's definitely happened to me. God knows what's best for us, and giving Him complete control of our lives lends itself to Him covering us, guiding us, and prospering us.

I'm always saying that faith is the cornerstone of my life, and without it, I would be lost. It's true, especially where patience is concerned. Because truthfully, how can you truly be patient and wait on something if you're not even sure that's it's coming? When you have no doubts in your mind that God is working on your behalf, that He is your portion, that He loves you unconditionally and wants nothing more than to give you the desires of your heart that are within His will, then really, it's EASY to be patient. The problem is that too many of us are lacking in faith...the Bible says we only need faith the size of a mustard seed! Do you know how small that is?

That thing is TINY!!! That's all we need?!?!?! Wow...that should be easy. We only need that much faith to have any and every thing we want. Your blessings, to some degree, will be proportionate with your faith. Some folks can't understand why they can't shake that illness or can't get that job or can't find true love...let me tell you something, nothing "unbelievable" or "impossible" is ever going to happen to you. Period. If you believe that your God specializes in the impossible (mine does) then you should behave that way in speech and in action. That means doing things that reflect your faith and speaking excellence into existence in your life.

So, today I encourage you to take heart and be patient. God loves you more than you can even comprehend, and He wants nothing but the best for you. You need only believe that same best for yourself in order for it come to pass. With faith, nothing is impossible!