{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"4216 Hold On To What You Cannot See","description":"Some seasons ask you to keep going when nothing around you looks any different. The bills are still there. The relationship still aches. The answer you\u2019ve been praying for hasn\u2019t shown up at your door with a bow on it; no overnight delivery. And somewhere in the quiet of another ordinary morning, you wonder if anything is actually happening at all. My friend \u2014 you can hold on to what you cannot see. Because the most important work rarely announces itself. It moves underground, in the places your eyes will never reach, building something your circumstances haven\u2019t caught up to yet. Think about roots for a moment. They don\u2019t have eyes. They don\u2019t see sunlight. They don\u2019t know what the bloom will look like or when it\u2019s coming. Desire to be supported and encouraged by other like-minded women? Join us at the Kairos FREE Online Community. https:\/\/createyournow.com #Inspiration #CreateYourNow #DailyMotivation But they grow anyway. They reach. They stretch into soil that is dark and dense and offers no applause for the effort. And every single thing that will ever stand tall in a garden stands tall because of what happened down there first \u2014 unseen, unclapped for, unnoticed by everyone except the One who designed the seed. That\u2019s where you are right now. And it\u2019s not a punishment. It\u2019s a process. Hebrews 11:1 says, \u201cNow faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see.\u201d Faith is not wishful thinking. It\u2019s not crossing your fingers and hoping something sticks. Faith is confidence. Faith is assurance. Faith is standing with your feet planted on ground that the world says is shaky and knowing in your spirit that God already poured the foundation. You just can\u2019t see it yet \u2014 and you were never meant to. If you could see it all, you wouldn\u2019t need faith. And if you didn\u2019t need faith, you would never discover how deeply you are held. That\u2019s the part the enemy doesn\u2019t want you to know. He wants you measuring progress with your eyes. He wants you scanning your life like a scoreboard \u2014 checking the numbers, tallying the wins and losses, and deciding that if the visible results aren\u2019t there, then God must not be working. But God has never operated on your timeline, and He has certainly never operated on your scoreboard. He operates on covenant. And covenant doesn\u2019t expire because you had a hard week. So what do you do when you can\u2019t see it? You hold on anyway. You pray when the prayer feels like it\u2019s hitting the ceiling. You worship when your heart feels flat.  You get up and take the next step even though the path ahead looks exactly like the path behind. Because faith isn\u2019t a feeling. It\u2019s a decision. And every time you decide to trust God when nothing visible backs it up, your roots go deeper. You are becoming more anchored than you realize. The K.I.S.S. ~ Hold on to what you cannot see! Ben Stein once said, \u201cFaith is not believing that God can. It is knowing that God will.\u201d There\u2019s a canyon of difference between those two things. Believing God can is theology. Knowing God will is relationship. It\u2019s the difference between reading about someone\u2019s faithfulness and having lived through enough dark nights to say, \u201cHe showed up before, and He will show up again.\u201d That kind of knowing doesn\u2019t come from a comfortable life. It comes from exactly the kind of season you might be standing in right now \u2014 the one where you can\u2019t see what\u2019s next but you refuse to let go. And maybe that\u2019s the invitation. Not to figure it all out. Not to force the breakthrough. But to simply hold on. To let your roots do what roots were made to do \u2014 reach for water in the dark, grip the soil a little tighter, and trust that the surface will catch up to what\u2019s already been established underneath. You are not stuck. You are stabilizing. There is a difference, and heaven knows it even when your mirror doesn\u2019t. The woman who holds on when she cannot see is not naive. She is brave. She is not ignoring reality \u2014 she is choosing a higher one. She is saying, \u201cMy God is bigger than my circumstance, and I will not let go of His hand just because I can\u2019t see His plan.\u201d That is not weakness. That is the deepest kind of strength there is. And it is building something in you that nothing \u2014 no delay, no disappointment, no detour \u2014 can take away. So hold on, my sweet friend. Not because the answers are coming tomorrow \u2014 maybe they are, maybe they aren\u2019t. Hold on because the God who planted you has never once forgotten where He put you. He is watering what He started. He is tending what He promised. And one day \u2014 maybe sooner than you think \u2014 what has been growing in the dark is going to break through the surface and take your breath away. Until then, keep reaching. Keep trusting. Keep becoming. You were never meant to see it all. You were meant to hold on to the One who does. "Be present. Be incredible. Be YOU!!!"   \ud83d\udd14 Desire to be supported and encouraged by other like-minded women? Join us at the Kairos FREE Online Community. https:\/\/createyournow.com TAKE A.I.M. ~ Action Ignites Motivation  - This is a complimentary (FREE) coaching call with me. You will discuss your specific situation while gaining tools and strategies to move you forward. 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