I refuse

Not long ago I took an oath.  It was last Tuesday to be exact.  I took an oath to have faith.  Faith is a toughie.  It requires that you, gasp, let go, gulp, of control.  Now, it's a natural thing to have your sights set on some outcome and to work hard, overcoming obstacles and making sacrifices and therefore really, really want to see your goal met.  That is not the characteristic of a control freak or anything, but it can be exhausting without faith. Then there is the misnomer that if you "just have faith" then it will all work out.  Well that can be a recipe for unhappiness AND lack of success. Here is the difference.

In order to accomplish whatever it is you want, if you work hard and have no faith then you will feel overwhelmed by the stumbling blocks, and heart broken over the obstacles that teach you how to grow.  You take everything as a "sign."  And you feel freaked out that things aren't turning out.

If you have no faith and hold off on working hard, then as I said yesterday, you lose.  Its unfulfilling.  Also faith alone will not do the work.  It reminds me of a song I love, I can't recall the artist.

I refuse to sit around and wait for someone else

To do what God has called me to do myself

I could choose not to move

But I refuse

But there is the combination of hard work and faith that has been enlightening.  How willing are you to let go of your outcome?  I know you are destined for greatness, and I believe you have something no body else can give.  But are you open to the fact that what you have in mind right now may not the be where you end up?  That your hard work will land you right where you are supposed to be, even if its not exactly what you had planned?

There is freedom in the willingness to set goals and work hard for an outcome holding on to pure faith that things will be what they are supposed to be in the end as long as you do your part.

There is freedom in faith!