The sacred art of moving scared

We talk about the sacred art of moving scared and why taking the next step can honor God even when we do not have clarity. We lean on Scripture and real-life honesty to remember that we are not lost, we are being led.
• moving forward with trembling faith instead of waiting for certainty
• walking by faith and not by sight as a daily practice
• finding comfort in Isaiah 42:16 and God’s promise to guide the blind
• letting go of the need for timelines, reasons, and full road maps
• trusting God’s redemption even after wrong turns and mistakes
• seeing fear as evidence of faith through Peter, Abraham, and Mary
• choosing progress over perfection and surrender over control
And if it's for someone else, please feel free to like, share, and encourage someone else.

Transcript

Walking By Faith Not Sight

Isaiah 42 And God Guides

Clarity Versus Trust

Redemption After Wrong Turns

SPEAKER_00 0:01

Welcome to another episode of Between a Prayer and a Promise. And today I want to talk about the sacred art of moving scared. You know what I'm talking about. Moving when your knees are shaking, moving when you're afraid, moving when it's dark. Not literally, but you know, it's dark, and you don't know where you're going. You don't know what's going on, right? Um, 2 Corinthians 5 and 7 says, For we walk by faith and not by sight. So let's talk about the sacred art of moving scared. Because what I am learning um is that what we can do that really honors God is take the next step. And and and what I mean is take the next step when we don't know what that next step is, and that shows that we're not depending on our own strength, but we're depending on his. We take it when our knees are shaking, we take it when when when we're not sure, when we're afraid, but we trust him. So if you're in that space right now, your knees are shaking, if you're moving, but you're terrified, if you're saying, yes, yes, yes, but your voice is trembling, then what I'm gonna talk about today, this message is for you. Because I'm not talking out of a place of what I think, I'm talking out of a place of what I know, I'm talking out of a place of I've been there. In fact, not only have I been there, I'm there right now. Okay, and not only am I there right now, more importantly, I know that God is there with you. God is there with me, and I believe that. Um, so being in that place right now, um, a season of faith, it feels like like we're walking with basically a blindfold on. We don't have the timeline, we don't have the answers, and I don't know if you're like me. I'm like, why, why, why? I don't I don't understand why, and honestly, you know, it can kind of make you feel stuck, unsure. It's just like this weird feeling of like what's next, you know. Um, almost like I'm failing at faith because I don't see clearly. Um, but that's when we go back to the scripture of Isaiah 42 and 16, and I'm gonna read that to you. It says, I will lead the blind by the ways they have not known along unfamiliar, unfamiliar paths. I will guide them. I will turn the darkness into light before them and make the rough places smooth. These are the things I will do. I will not forsake them. Oh, Jesus. Who I will not forsake them. I will lead the blind. Oh my God, that really, really can shift everything. Because to me, it says that God leads the blind down a path that we don't know. We don't know, but God leads us, He turns the darkness into light before us, He makes our rough places smooth. Oh my God. That's what faith is, and sometimes it's like I need that reminder, especially in this in-between season, especially in this season when I literally feel like everything is unclear. I am scared to move forward, but I know I can't stay stuck. God, I trust you when I don't have the answers. God, I trust you when I don't know the timeline. That's faith and action. And God says, I will not forsake you. I don't know about you, but that brings me so much comfort. That means he's not waiting for me to see everything perfectly before he moves. Like, we that's us. We need to see, we need to know, I need to know the timeline, I need to know why, I need to know where. Right? God, uh-uh, that ain't how God operates. He's moving when we can't see, he's guiding when we feel unsure. And I think I believe that's the point. Because if I personally could see every time, then guess what? Honestly, I wouldn't need to trust. If I could plan it all out, would I honestly even have faith? Would I need it? Faith only grows where sight stops. I have to say that again. Faith grows where sight stops. So maybe this space, this in-between, this blindness isn't just a fluke, isn't just a bug. Maybe it's a feature that we need. Maybe it's something we need because we need to trust in God. We need to have the faith. When we don't have it all figured out, we need to trust in the one that does, right? Honestly, I was feeling like if I just knew everything, and and you know, I still struggle with this if I'm being very honest. Because this again, I'm in this space right now, I'm walking through this now, but I'm trusting God more and more and more because he hasn't forsaken me. But honestly, it's like I was feeling like if I have the whole role map, then I can move boldly. But through this, God has really been teaching me something deeper. That having confidence in him doesn't come from having the clarity, it comes from really the ownership of knowing who's walking with me. That matters more than knowing where I'm going. Right? Because it comes down to me trusting who is in the lead, who's in the driver's seat. So maybe I don't need to know the whole map. I don't need to see the map. Maybe I don't even need the map at all. I just need a reminder of whose hand I'm in. I need a reminder of who's in control. Which is God. It's been God all along. And maybe you don't either. You know, um, I heard this message. I was watching some show and I I can't recall what it was, but it kind of stopped me in my tracks. Um I heard the person say that even when we mess up, even we when we make the wrong turn, even when we make the wrong wrong wrong choice, I mean when we miss the mark completely, God loves us so much that he already has a plan of redemption waiting for us.

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Fear As Evidence Of Faith

Keep Moving You Are Being Led

Closing Blessing And Share

SPEAKER_00 7:57

I don't know. That just that was just so powerful to me. And I just felt God love right there. To know that he already has a plan, already had a plan. Because God knows the beginning from the end. Before we even stumbled, he already had a rescue ready before we even fell, he had a restoration planned before we got lost, he already had had a way back mapped out for us, and maybe that's why he can lead us through unfamiliar paths with such confidence because he knows that even if we stumble in the dark, even if we take the wrong turn while we're scared, while we're unsure, his redemption is already there waiting. And suddenly, understanding that, really feeling that and knowing that, moving scared doesn't seem as scary anymore. Because guess what? We can't walk out on his love, we can't fail his grace, we can't even mess up his redemption plan because he's got us, even in the this, even in our mistakes, even in the things that we feel like we messed up, but especially in those things. Another thing that I'm really discovering about this space, you all, and I'm just it's like I really want it to be over. I don't know if you've ever felt like that. It's just like I want to get through this, I want to get to the other side, but I can't rush it. I just have to sometimes you just have to go through it, and I'm I'm going through it. Um as I'm moving through this space, sometimes scared. It's not the absence of faith, you know, it's the evidence of it. Because faith isn't the feeling of certainty, you know. Um, think about Peter stepping out of the boat while the waves were still crashing, you know, Abraham leaving home without knowing the destination, Mary saying yes without understanding the plan. God has examples all throughout the Bibles for us, right? They were all moving scared, but they were all still moving, right? Because every time we move, we're taking a step in trust, a trust in the master. So, to my fellow person that's listening to this message, you're listening and you're like, I don't know, I don't know, but I'm gonna go anyway. Your next step doesn't have to be perfect. I know mine has not been, but it does have to be forward. I'm encouraging you, I'm encouraging myself. Your path does not have to be clear, but we have to keep surrendering. Your faith doesn't have to be huge, but we have to keep being real, keep walking, my friend. Even when you can't see, I promise you, you're not wondering, you're not lost, you're being guided, and that is a difference. I hope that this served as your reminder that God specializes in leading people who can't see the way. God is not intimidated by our uncertainty, he's not frustrated by the fact that we might be scared or we have a little fear there. He is not even waiting for us to figure it out because he already has to figure it out. And he is not even surprised when we stumble. God is already moving, he's guiding, he's redeeming, he's making our rough places smooth, and he's asking that we continue to take his hand and he's gonna take the next step. In fact, he's already taking the next step with us, even as we are scared, because his love has already gone ahead of us with his redemption right in his pocket. So between fear and the faith, between the mess and the mercy, lies the sacred art of moving scared. You're not lost, you're being led. And between the prayer and the promise, this is where we will grow. I hope that this message has encouraged you as it has encouraged me. And if it's for someone else, please feel free to like, share, and encourage someone else. Be blessed.