Trusting God in the Unknown (Part 4)

Trusting God After You've Taken the Leap

Are you more attached to obedience… or to a particular outcome?

If we’re honest, most of us are more concerned with outcomes than obedience.

We want to trust God.

But we also want things to turn out a certain way.

There is a small group of believers who get to this place.

Where they’ve said yes to God in a deeper way.

Where they’ve obeyed when it didn’t make sense.

Where they’ve taken the leap.

And surprisingly, this can become one of the hardest seasons of trust to navigate.

Because in our minds, once we finally obey…

things should start to come together.

Clarity should increase.
Momentum should build.
Results should follow.

But what happens when they don’t?

That’s when the real questions begin.

Did I hear God wrong?
Was I supposed to do this?
Do I go back?
Did I make a mistake?

Everything slows down.

The pace changes.

Priorities shift.

And if you’re honest…

you can feel like you’re losing your footing.

Obedience Over Outcomes

One of the deepest shifts in trusting God is learning this:

Obedience is not tied to outcomes.

You can obey God…

and still not see immediate results.

You can say yes…

and still find yourself in a season that feels unclear.

Because God is more committed to your development…

than your desired outcome.

He will grow you before He grows anything connected to you.

Before the career.
Before the business.
Before the ministry.

So the real question becomes:

Are you saying yes because of what He can do?

Or because of who He is?

The Test of Trust

There are two layers to this kind of trust.

The first is your willingness to sacrifice for the promise.

God will often show you what He intends to do in your life.

But He will not always show you how or when.

And trusting Him with the timeline can be one of the hardest parts.

Especially when you’ve been diligent.
Especially when you’ve seen success before.

Because in this season, God often asks for something different.

More time with Him.
More surrender.
Less striving.

The second layer is even deeper.

Your willingness to sacrifice the promise.

There are times when God will ask you to release the very thing He told you to build.

The very thing that feels aligned.
Fruitful.
Significant.

And that’s where trust is refined.

Abraham as an Example

We see both of these layers in the life of Abraham.

He was called to leave everything familiar and go to a place God would show him (Genesis 12:1).

And he went.

But along the way, we also see how difficult it is to trust God fully.

He tried to help fulfill the promise in his own way.

He struggled with the timeline.

And eventually, he was asked to place the very promise God gave him on the altar.

Not because God intended to take it away.

But because God was after something deeper.

Complete trust.

God’s Process

If you’re anything like me, your natural inclination is to think about what you can produce.

What you can build.
What you can make happen.

But lately, my prayer has shifted.

Instead of asking:

“What do You want me to do?”

I’ve been asking:

“What do You want to deal with in me?”

Because trusting God is not just about where He is taking you.

It’s about who you are becoming along the way.

What God May Be Doing in You

In these seasons, there are patterns.

God is often developing:

• Dependence on Him, not your own ability

• A deeper desire for His will

• Gratitude

• Spiritual clarity and discernment

And at the same time, He is uprooting:

• Control

• A worldly mindset

• Subtle idols

• Unhealthy attachments to outcomes

A Final Thought

Trusting God is not proven in one big moment.

It’s proven in what you do after the moment.

After the leap.
After the yes.
After the decision.

It’s built in the quiet.

In the waiting.

In the unknown that doesn’t resolve right away.

And sometimes trusting God looks like this:

Continuing to walk with Him…

even when nothing around you looks the way you expected.

Question for Reflection

Are you more attached to obedience…

or to a particular outcome?