Get Out of the Way and Let God Be God

There is a particular kind of anticipation that comes with carrying a vision from God.

You are excited about what He has placed in your heart, but you are also watching. You are watching the registrations, the sign-ups, the responses, the support, and sometimes even the silence. You may begin wondering who will come, who will not come, whether people are receiving the vision, and whether you truly heard God correctly.

I know that feeling from experience.

Over the years, especially when preparing for Girl, Let’s Chat, I have had moments when I questioned the process. I would watch registration numbers and wonder whether enough people were interested. I would think about the people who said they were going to support, register, share, or help push the vision—and then wonder where they went when everything became quiet. But this year feels different.

I Am Learning Not to Force What God Has Given Me

Sometimes thoughts still arise:

Registration is moving slowly.

What if people do not come?

What if the room is not filled?

What if the people who said they would support me never follow through?

But just because a thought presents itself does not mean I have to receive it, agree with it, or permit it to remain.

Sometimes thoughts are produced by our own concerns. Sometimes they are influenced by the opinions and expectations of people. And sometimes the enemy attempts to plant fear, doubt, pressure, or discouragement in our minds through suggestions and impressions that do not come from God.

That is why we must discern what we allow to take root.

The Bible tells us: “Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.”-James 4:7, KJV

When those thoughts come, I reject them. I do not allow them space to grow into anxiety, frustration, or self-doubt. I resist what does not agree with God’s Word, and I bring my mind back into alignment with what He has spoken.

Second Corinthians 10:5 instructs us to be: “Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ.”

We have the authority to reject thoughts that contradict God’s truth. Not every thought that enters our minds deserves our agreement. Every impression is not an instruction. Every fear is not a warning from God. Every negative suggestion is not a reflection of reality.

We must examine what comes to us and ask:

Does this agree with what God said?

Does this produce faith or fear?

Is this leading me toward obedience or pushing me into panic?

The enemy may throw the thought, but I do not have to catch it.

Ephesians 6:16 reminds us to take up: “The shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.”

This year, when those thoughts come, I respond differently.

I remind myself: Whatever God has is what God has. Whoever comes is who is meant to come!

I am not forcing anything.

I am not chasing people.

I am not trying to manipulate support.

I am allowing God to do what He wants to do.

That does not mean I will stop sharing the vision. It does not mean I will stop inviting people, promoting the event, or doing my part with excellence.

Faithfulness still requires action. However, there is a difference between faithfully stewarding what God gave you and anxiously trying to make it happen in your own strength.

I can share the information.

I can tell my testimony.

I can extend the invitation.

But I cannot force people to respond.

What We Want Is Not Always What God Wants

Sometimes we become so attached to our preferred outcome that we assume it must also be God’s will.

We decide how many people should attend, how quickly something should grow, how much support we should receive, and what success should look like. Then, when the vision does not unfold according to our expectations, we begin questioning ourselves, the assignment, and sometimes even God.

But what we want is not always what God wants.

Isaiah 55:8–9 says: “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.”

God may be building something more intimate than what we imagined. He may be gathering a smaller number of people who are genuinely ready to receive.

He may be protecting the atmosphere from people who are curious but not committed. He may be using the process to purify our motives, strengthen our faith, and teach us to trust Him more deeply.

A full room does not automatically mean God is pleased. A small gathering does not automatically mean we failed. Numbers can tell us how many people showed up, but they cannot always reveal what God accomplished in their hearts.

My desire for Girl, Let’s Chat is not merely to fill seats. I want to see hearts changed, lives transformed, women healed, and people genuinely encountering God. I believe the women who are truly hungry for that kind of transformation will be the ones who register, show up, and receive what God has prepared.

Zechariah 4:10 reminds us not to despise small beginnings. What appears small in our eyes may still be significant in the hands of God.

People May Be Unreliable, but God Is Faithful

One of the most difficult lessons in carrying a vision is learning not to build your confidence on the promises of people.

People will sometimes say:

“I support you.”

“I am going to register.”

“I am going to help you share this.”

“I am going to help you move this vision forward.”

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And then they disappear. I have experienced that personally. Someone told me they would help me move this vision forward, but they eventually went silent. I have not heard from them since June, and now it is August. I can send the information, and the response is still silence, like crickets. That can be disappointing, especially when you believed someone would stand with you.

But it also serves as a reminder:

I cannot place my dependence on people!

People are limited. People change their minds. People become distracted. People make promises they do not always have the capacity or commitment to keep.

Psalm 118:8 says: “It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in man.”

That does not mean we become bitter, suspicious, or unwilling to receive support. It means we keep people in their proper place. People may be instruments, but they are not the source. God is the source. People may assist with the vision, but they are not responsible for sustaining it. God is. And people may walk away, but God remains faithful.

Numbers 23:19 declares: “God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it?”

What He says He will do, He is fully capable of doing.

That does not mean He will always do it exactly the way we imagined. It means He will accomplish His purpose in the way He knows is best.

Sometimes God Is Waiting for Us to Move Out of the Way

When God gives us a vision, we are supposed to depend on Him to bring it to pass. Yet, without realizing it, we often begin depending on ourselves.

We start trying to control every detail. We push harder, overthink, compare, obsess over responses, become frustrated with people, and we begin carrying a burden God never asked us to carry.

And sometimes I believe God is saying: “I need you to move out of the way so I can do what I want to do.”

We ask God to bless the vision while simultaneously trying to control the outcome. We say we trust Him, but then panic whenever the process does not move according to our timeline. There comes a point when we must surrender not only the vision but also our expectations surrounding it.

We must be willing to pray:

“Lord, this belongs to You.”

“Bring who You want to bring.”

“Remove what You want to remove.”

“Open the doors You want opened.”

“Close the doors that do not align with Your will.”

“Do this Your way, not mine.”

Proverbs 3:5–6 tells us: “Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.”

Trust requires us to release our need to understand every delay, every silence, and every unexpected turn.

Sometimes moving out of God’s way means releasing control. Sometimes it means rejecting fear. Sometimes it means refusing to be pressured by people. Sometimes it means no longer measuring obedience by immediate results. Sometimes it means being still long enough to see that God has been working all along.

Psalm 46:10 says: “Be still, and know that I am God.”

If God Gave the Vision, He Will Supply the Provision

We often repeat the phrase, “Where God gives vision, He gives provision,” but we must remember that provision does not always arrive in the form we expected. Provision may look like finances, resources, volunteers, connections, or registrations. But it may also look like wisdom, patience, endurance, restraint, discernment, or the courage to keep moving when visible support appears limited.

Sometimes the greatest provision is the grace to remain faithful without immediate evidence that everything is working!

Philippians 1:6 says: “Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ.”

The One who began the work is responsible for completing the work!

My responsibility is to remain obedient, available, and faithful.

☀︎ I do not have to manufacture what only God can produce.

☀︎ I do not have to force doors open.

☀︎ I do not have to convince people to value what God has ordained.

☀︎ I do not have to exhaust myself trying to prove that the vision is legitimate.

Philippians 4:19 assures us: “But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.”

The vision belongs to God.

The provision belongs to God.

The outcome belongs to God.

My responsibility is obedience.

Girl, You Have a Seat…

This year, I have been reminding myself: “Girl, you have a seat. Sit down and let God be God.”

That does not mean becoming passive. It means refusing to operate from panic, pressure, or fear. It means recognizing that this assignment is not about me. It is not about proving how influential I am. It is not about showing how many people I can gather. It is not about receiving applause, validation, or public recognition. It is about God. It is about what He wants to do in me, through me, and in the hearts of the people He sends.

When I remember that, I can breathe!

I can work without striving, panicking, invite without begging, share without chasing, anticipate without becoming anxious, reject thoughts that do not agree with God, take my seat, and trust the One who gave me the assignment!

Philippians 4:6–7 says: “Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.”

God’s peace guards both the heart and the mind. That means I do not have to allow fear, pressure, outside opinions, or the enemy’s suggestions to govern how I carry what God entrusted to me.

Let God Determine What Success Looks Like

Perhaps you are carrying something God gave you, a ministry, business, event, book, program, community, or assignment. Maybe the response has not been what you expected. Maybe the people who promised to help have gone silent. Maybe fear has tried to whisper that you misunderstood God. Maybe other people’s opinions have attempted to pressure you into changing the vision.

Before you abandon the assignment, ask yourself whether God changed the instruction, or whether the process simply looks different from what you expected. Those are not the same thing. You may not need to quit. You may simply need to release control.

You may need to reject the thoughts that are attempting to oppose your obedience. You may need to stop agreeing with fear and start agreeing with God.

Romans 12:2 tells us: “And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind.”

A renewed mind does not accept every thought that appears. A renewed mind examines, rejects, replaces, and realigns.

☀︎ Replace fear with faith.

☀︎ Replace pressure with peace.

☀︎ Replace striving with surrender.

☀︎ Replace the need for human approval with confidence in God’s instruction.

Let God determine who comes, the pace, reach, and the outcome. Your responsibility is obedience, and the results belong to Him.

Isaiah 40:31 says: “But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength.”

Waiting on God is not wasted time. It is where our strength, motives, and perspective are renewed.

Be Encouraged

☀︎ Stop measuring the vision only by what you can see right now.

☀︎ Stop allowing slow progress to convince you that God is absent.

☀︎ Stop depending on the promises of people more than the faithfulness of God.

☀︎ Stop agreeing with thoughts that contradict what God has spoken.

☀︎ Stop forcing what God has asked you to surrender.

Let God do what He wants to do, how He wants to do it, and through whomever He chooses. This

is not about you. It is about what God wants to accomplish in you, through you, and in the lives that will be touched by what He has entrusted to your hands.

Be encouraged. Resist what does not come from God. Remain faithful to what He has spoken, and let God be God.

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