Rewrite the Script · Direction and the next step
Nothing is Happening
There are seasons when believing gets exhausting. Maybe the answer isn't trying harder to believe that your circumstances will change. Maybe it's reminding yourself why you still believe God even when they haven't.
Nothing is happening.
Maybe I heard God wrong.
If God were going to do it, He would have done it by now.
Other people are moving forward and I'm still here.
I'm tired of getting my hopes up.
But what if we rewrote that script?
I don't have to see movement to believe God is moving.
Waiting is not evidence that God has forgotten me.
I can be tired and still trust Him.
My hope doesn't have to be in the outcome. My hope can be in God.
Because sometimes we become exhausted because we're trying so hard to believe for the thing. The business. The healing. The marriage. The financial breakthrough. The opportunity. The answer.
Maybe the shift is from "I believe this is going to happen" to "Whatever happens, I believe God."
That's a different kind of faith. And I think it's a more sustainable one.
Some very practical ways to keep believing
- Stop checking for evidence every day. When you've planted a seed, digging it up every morning to see whether it has roots will never help it grow. Sometimes we have to stop asking, "Is it happening yet?" and simply live today's assignment.
- Keep a "God has done it before" list. Not just affirmations about what you hope He'll do. Actual evidence from your own life. Here is where He provided. Here is where He protected me. Here is the door He opened. Here is what I thought would destroy me, and I'm still standing.
- Borrow belief when yours is tired. Talk to someone who will remind you of truth without giving you clichés. Go back to Scripture. Read about Abraham, Joseph, David, Hannah, or others who lived through the enormous space between promise and fulfillment.
- Separate God's promise from your picture of the promise. This could be huge. Sometimes God has spoken something, and we've created the entire storyboard for how He's supposed to accomplish it. When that particular route doesn't work, we assume the promise isn't working. Maybe we need to surrender the how without surrendering our trust in God.
- Give yourself permission to say, "God, I'm tired." Faith doesn't require pretending. The Psalms certainly don't. We can be disappointed, confused and weary in God's presence without walking away from Him.
- Do today's "do." Instead of trying to manufacture enough faith for the next five years, ask, "What does obedience look like today?" One phone call. One application. One prayer. One conversation. One quiet day of rest. We don't need tomorrow's faith today.
- Remember where your citizenship really is. I love what you said about remembering that we're not from here. Philippians 3:20 says our citizenship is in heaven. That doesn't mean this life doesn't matter. It means this chapter isn't the whole book. Even the promises that aren't fulfilled in the way we imagined do not get the final word.
God will not leave me. Hebrews 13:5
God will direct my path as I trust Him. Proverbs 3:5–6.
God is working even when I cannot see what He is doing. Romans 8:28.
God will give me the strength I need. Isaiah 40:31.
God will give wisdom when I ask Him. James 1:5.
God will supply what I truly need. Philippians 4:19.
God's presence goes with me. Exodus 33:14.
Nothing can separate me from the love of God. Romans 8:38–39.
God finishes what He begins in me. Philippians 1:6.
My life here is not the end of my story. Philippians 3:20–21.
I don't know what tomorrow is going to look like. I don't know when this is going to change. I don't even know if God is going to answer this the way I've imagined. But I know who He is. And today, that's enough for me to keep going.
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Carole Mendoza
Christian life and business coach, speaker and author · Pooler, Georgia
Carole has coached, taught and spoken alongside people through seasons of growth, transition, leadership and change since 2019. She works one-on-one and with leaders and teams, in English and Spanish.
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