Episode 03: Trusting God’s Plan
Episode 3: Trusting God in Uncertain Times - Raw and Honest Reflections
In this heartfelt episode, Amy reflects on the emotional previous episode, emphasizing the struggles of trusting and following God's guidance.
Amy discusses the challenges of faith, the importance of continuous communication with God, and the tactics of the enemy to exploit our weaknesses. She encourages viewers to seek a relationship with God, sharing experiences of God's unfailing presence and promises.
Amy reminds the audience that it's never too late to turn to God and TRUST His plan, urging viewers to join her on this journey of faith and vulnerability.
In This Episode:
00:00 Welcome Back and Reflecting on the Last Episode
00:57 The Struggle of Letting God Lead
03:34 Facing Doubts and the Enemy's Manipulation
05:07 The Power of Continuous Communication with God
06:31 The Importance of Turning to God
08:28 Trusting God's Plan Despite Challenges
10:55 Wrapping Up and Encouragement
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TRANSCRIPT - Ep. 03
Hi guys, welcome back! Thank you so much for being here still after the last episode of just a bit of an emotional one, definitely every part of me, to be completely honest, wanted to delete.
And re-record, just to not show that side right away. That's not a side that really comes out very often, which most of my family would, probably testify to. That's just not something that that I do, let alone I do on my second episode. But listen, I promised that I would be honest. I promised that I would share my story and that is part of it. And maybe that happened for a reason. What's even more powerful sometimes than explaining how hard it is, is you seeing how hard it is.
I guess I kind of want to dive in where I left off. This is not the easiest thing. I think the struggle with letting God lead you, however that looks, letting him lead you in your life, letting him lead you towards a decision that's really hard, anything, right?
When you choose to say like, Lord, I want to follow you on X, Y, and Z. For me, it was like, I want to live the life you brought me here to live. When you want to follow God's direction... he's obviously, we all know, he's not calling you up and telling you what to do. He's not slipping you a note that you get to physically read, per say. He's not like physically there to say, okay, walk this way I'm going to give you all of the information that's about to happen to better prepare you, so you're not taken off guard - and all those things. All of that stuff that you want It’s comforting to know what's going to happen.
It's comforting to have things laid out.
When you're handing over the power and the control to God and following,
I don't care who you are, I would say majority of the time that's extremely difficult for people. Um, and maybe I say that so that I feel better. Because it's been really hard. And I've literally had conversations with God about this stuff, and it's still really hard.
He's prepared me. Like, I haven't just been thrown into this situation.
All this to say, if you're wanting to do this, I completely encourage everyone to go to God for guidance. That he's your main guide to all the decisions that you make in life. That you just like, get in the habit of like, running it by him. Just the communication, nonstop communication, it becomes like habitual when you practice it enough, like anything, obviously.
But it's amazing how that relationship will grow the more you communicate, and you go to him. But it doesn't mean it's gonna be easy when you feel like you hear what he's telling you to do. And you're not given all the answers, or you can't really even foresee what that even looks like. It's like so, it's like maybe even beyond what you ever imagined. That's where it gets hard. At least for me.
I think it's normal to doubt but be real careful because the second you start doubting - the enemy… he is just waiting. He's just waiting. He's, he's so manipulative, it's insane. I feel like I've been under attack a lot. And man, I feel like, the enemy finds that really hard thing or that really the topics and the and the parts of you that have pain behind them or doubt or fear. I mean things that have pain behind them that you're believing because he's already spoken into that and grown that that Negative self-talk.
And the second he sees that you're in a place where he can chime in, he’s right there. (Satan) He can't wait.
I've had so many amazing experiences with the Lord, and I've had some really eye-opening experiences with the enemy.
And if you're not careful. Or you're not looking out for it. Or the negative self-talk has become so embedded - he's already got you and he's been doing this to you and speaking into those thoughts for so many years; it's become like second nature to you...you'll start realizing when you're done listening, you’ll start feeling the push. And the best part about this is that as a Christian and a Christ follower, we don't ever have to go at that alone. Christ is in front of us and He's already won that battle. So, there are days where I have to say multiple times, for him to get out of my head, for him to get out of my house, for him to get away from my family, for him to leave me alone in the name of Jesus. Always in the name of Jesus, I have to tell him to leave me alone because he sees that wound from whenever that thing happened and he leans in it. It's, I think, it's something that goes unnoticed. I think it's something that goes unnoticed a lot for a lot of people. And that sucks because it gets easier to believe the negative thoughts and to keep replaying those in your mind.
And the more you do that, I truly believe you can't come out of it without God and His help. You can't. We need Him. We do.
And that's a great thing because He's standing there waiting. He's just waiting for us, so it's not like, since I didn’t go to God sooner. He's turned his back on me or he's not there to help me when I've realized, dang, man, I don't, I don't want this in my life anymore.
Whatever that is, if it's negative self-talk, if it's, addiction, just whatever that is. There is never a time it's a beautiful thing. There's never a time that you can't turn your life and your focus to Him never a time where he will have his back turned towards you when you do that. Never where he will be like, " no No, I'm not here anymore. You missed your opportunity." Never.
I mean, you look at it like you look at it like if you think about Jesus on the cross and the two people next to him on their last breaths, one is saved in that moment. There is not a time that you can't turn your life towards him while you're living here on earth until you're not living or breathing.
That's when it's too late. That's when it's too late. And the crazy thing, let's go with that even, you don't know when that time's going to be. None of us know when that time's going to be. There's been some just horrible things that you look at, like the, the fires in California, you look at the horrible, devastating plane crashes and the plane crash and, you know, multiple.
You never know. And that's not to scare you.
It’s just to say, don't think that you've got all the time, don't be stupid, right? Don’t think that think that you've got all the time, that you'll get to it. Don't think that you've got all the time, that you'll get to it. You'll get to figuring out what you think about God. You'll get to figuring out what you think about Jesus. You'll, you'll figure that out.
Don't, don't do that. Don't hold off on that. That one's important. That, that decision goes. BEYOND HERE, right? That decision takes you to eternity or not.
Don't take it lightly.
Anyways, you're not alone. You're not alone if You're trying to live your life the right way. You're trying to look for guidance, in the Lord. And, and you're having a hard time with what you feel you're being told to do, with where you feel you're being led.
Um, you're having a hard time trusting that plan is going to work out for you. You're not alone in those thoughts. But don't let that stop you, right? Don't let that completely stop you. Don't stop, don't stop communicating. Don't stop searching. Don't stop praying. Don't stop talking to him about those concerns, giving those concerns to him. He'll work with you. He knows you. He knows you better than you know yourself.
So, he knows. But you gotta be open and be ready. Never, like I said, never did I think that this would be what I would be doing at any point, other than for furniture refinishing, other than for a skill that I felt like I knew enough about to pass on to people to hopefully help them. He’s having me do multiple things that I would have never chose to do myself.
I think that's interesting. I think that's really interesting. I think that goes to show that I know nothing. We have no idea the work he can do in our lives unless we give him the chance to show us.
Um, trust…it's hard. It’s a hard thing. It is. It's been a process. But, man, I've learned a lot. And I'm just thankful to know that He's always by my side. This would be terrifying if we were supposed to trust someone, a God, that didn't pull through with His promises and that has shown to be untrustworthy. If that was all we had to go on. That would be really sad, and I couldn't even imagine. I think we'd be left to our own devices. But we have our Lord God and Savior that is faithfully there and looking out for us, wants the best for us, wants a better relationship with us, wants us to follow Him, wants us to live like Jesus did to the best of our abilities.
Like, we'll never be that because we're not perfect, but like, I don't see the downfall in that. There is no downfall.
But I wanted to wrap up, where I left off, during my sob session and, just come to you saying, that just proved to me that what I was having a hard time with was trusting. I hate saying that because I want to say that I would trust God with everything, but it was just trusting blindly. These first steps, I think, because so much is unknown and this is so new, on top of the fact that this isn't even really something I'm comfortable doing.
So, I mean, I want to do his will, I want to do whatever thy will be done. I want to do what he wants me to do, but this isn't what I would have chosen. Because vulnerability is hard and I just feel like ill equipped in a lot of ways, and that I'm learning so much. So, I guess that's the point. I'm telling you what I learned. I’m bringing you along for the ride. So, thank you for being here and I hope that you, at some point not only listen but join in on the journey with me - in your own way, however that looks or feels in your life. I hope ultimately that it encourages you to have a relationship with the Lord and let him lead you throughout your life here as well. It doesn't have to look like mine does, but to use him as your guide in how you treat people and your decisions in life. in how you live, that's how it was designed to be, to follow him.
So, we’ll dive into that more. But, anyways, just wanted to come to you and say, you're not alone. I hope that you join me, but if you just want to watch and see how this all ends up, what happens next, to be convinced a little more. I get it, that's fine too. Just be nice. Don't hope that I fail. Let's not wish failure upon me... please. Oh lordy