Written by Sasha LeBlanc<\/p>\n
I was having coffee with a friend a while back and she was sharing with me the things she had seen God do in her lifetime and in her ministry. Pretty miraculous things! To be completely honest, as I heard some of it, I had to work hard to keep my left eyebrow from rising in disbelief.<\/p>\n
I immediately remember stopping myself.<\/p>\n
I’ve heard this statement a million times and as I sat listening to her, it was recalled to my memory: “If the God you serve IS who you say He is, then why do you respond as if He’s not?”<\/p>\n
As she continued with her stories and I watched her face light up as she talked about His goodness, I was convicted. How dare I feel that I have the right to reject or discredit a move of God simply because I don’t understand it or can’t justify the reality of it in my own mind?<\/p>\n
HE IS GOD. With my\u00a0own mouth<\/em> I’ve declared that He is faithful, He is sovereign, He is in control, He brings healing, He gives hope, He sets free, He restores, and He delivers. Yet, I struggled to believe it as I sat listening to her provide testimonies of those exact things.<\/p>\n When I left from the table with her, I began to examine my life. I started to see the areas where I have placed God in boxes,\u00a0because I couldn’t make sense of something. I realized that I would legitimately discredit any possible move of God simply by presenting what seemed like “reality”. But you know what that is? It’s carnality and an extreme lack of faith.<\/p>\n God reminded me of the scripture, “Trust in the Lord with all of your heart, and do not lean on your own ability to understand.” (Proverbs 3:5 NIV) I had to repent! I’ve come to places in my life where I’ve been so frustrated at God because I couldn’t see Him moving, completely forgetting that He was exactly where I left Him: in a box sealed by my own disbelief.<\/p>\n In a lot of ways, as Christians — even in ministry — we so perfectly have the hang of serving God and we do it like rock-stars. Because we feel in control. We monotonously manage. But when life throws a curve ball and we’re actually asked to trust and apply the things we believe about God, we struggle because “stepping out of the boat” is FAR too ludicrous, and “what’s the ‘reality’ that I will actually stay above water?”<\/p>\n So, I want to challenge you to take what you SAY that you believe about God, intentionally implement it, and declare it in your life and in your circumstances.\u00a0When doubt interferes or the voice of “reality” tries to shout over the TRUTH of who He is and what He is capable of, take those thoughts captive and replace them with the Word.<\/p>\n In a very short amount of time, God has revealed Himself to me in ways that have rocked my world, and it started with choosing to take steps towards Him in faith, even when I didn’t understand. It is in those moments He was able to SHOW me that He really is\u00a0<\/em>capable and worthy of trust.<\/p>\n So… step out of the boat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"excerpt","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":4000,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","slim_seo":{"title":"Step Out - IPHC Discipleship Ministries","description":"Written by Sasha LeBlanc I was having coffee with a friend a while back and she was sharing with me the things she had seen God do in her lifetime and in her mi"},"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"_slim_seo_primary_term_category":0,"_slim_seo_primary_term_post_tag":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4,1],"tags":[749,16,706,1016],"class_list":["post-3999","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-discipleship-ministries","category-general","tag-749","tag-discipleship","tag-faith","tag-sasha-leblanc","entry"],"title_es":"Salir","content_es":"Escrito por Sasha LeBlanc Hace un tiempo estaba tomando un caf\u00e9 con una amiga y ella estaba compartiendo conmigo las cosas que hab\u00eda visto a Dios hacer en su vida y en su ministerio. Cosas bastante milagrosas! Para ser completamente honesto, mientras escuchaba algo de eso, tuve que trabajar duro para evitar que mi ceja izquierda se levantara con incredulidad. Inmediatamente recuerdo haberme detenido. He escuchado esta afirmaci\u00f3n un mill\u00f3n de veces y mientras estaba sentada escuch\u00e1ndola, record\u00e9 en mi memoria: \"Si el Dios al que sirves ES quien DICES que es, entonces \u00bfpor qu\u00e9 respondes como si no lo fuera?\" Mientras continuaba con sus historias y vi su cara iluminarse mientras hablaba sobre su bondad, fui condenado. \u00bfC\u00f3mo ATREVO siento que tengo el derecho de rechazar o desacreditar un movimiento de Dios SIMPLEMENTE porque no lo entiendo o no puedo justificar la realidad de esto en mi propia mente? EL ES DIOS. Con MI PROPIA BOCA, he declarado que \u00c9l es fiel, y \u00c9l es soberano, y \u00c9l tiene el control, y \u00c9l trae sanidad, y \u00c9l da esperanza, \u00c9l libera, y \u00c9l restaura, y \u00c9l libera. Sin embargo, me cost\u00f3 creerlo mientras escuchaba su testimonio de esas cosas. Cuando sal\u00ed de la mesa con ella, comenc\u00e9 a examinar mi vida. Empec\u00e9 a ver las \u00e1reas donde he colocado a Dios en cajas, simplemente porque no pod\u00eda encontrarle sentido a algo. Me di cuenta de que leg\u00edtimamente desacreditar\u00eda cualquier movimiento anticipado de Dios simplemente presentando lo que parec\u00eda ser \"realidad\". \u00bfPero sabes lo que es eso? Es carnalidad y una extrema falta de fe. Dios me record\u00f3 la escritura: \"Conf\u00eda en el Se\u00f1or con todo tu coraz\u00f3n y no te apoyes en tu propia capacidad de comprensi\u00f3n\". (Proverbios 3: 5 NVI) \u00a1Tuve que arrepentirme! He llegado a lugares donde he estado tan frustrado con Dios porque no pod\u00eda verlo moverse, COMPLETAMENTE olvidando que estaba exactamente donde lo dej\u00e9: en una caja sellada por mi propia incredulidad. De muchas maneras, como cristianos, incluso en el ministerio, tenemos el perfecto sentido de servir a Dios y lo hacemos como estrellas de rock. Porque nos sentimos en control. Nos administramos de manera mon\u00f3tona. Pero cuando la vida arroja una bola curva y en realidad se nos pide que confiemos y apliquemos las cosas que creemos sobre Dios, luchamos porque \"salir del bote\" es TAN demasiado rid\u00edculo, y \"\u00bfcu\u00e1l es la realidad de que realmente me quedar\u00e9 arriba? \u00bfagua?\" Entonces, quiero desafiarte a que tomes lo que DICES que crees acerca de Dios y lo implemente intencionalmente y lo declares en tu vida y en tus circunstancias. Cuando la duda interfiere o la voz de la \"realidad\" intenta gritar sobre la VERDAD de qui\u00e9n es y de lo que es capaz, tome esos pensamientos cautivos y reempl\u00e1celos con la Palabra. En muy poco tiempo, Dios se me revel\u00f3 de maneras que han sacudido mi mundo, y comenz\u00f3 con elegir dar pasos hacia \u00c9l con fe, incluso cuando yo no entend\u00eda. Es en esos momentos que pudo MOSTRARME que realmente es capaz y digno de confianza. Sal del bote.","author_name":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4T9u2-12v","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2898,"url":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/2017\/02\/07\/listening-for-love\/","url_meta":{"origin":3999,"position":0},"title":"Listening for Love","author":"Lindsey","date":"February 7, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"For a parent, life moves at high speed. Time is of the essence. We must work, educate, clean, cook, plan get-togethers, stay fit, volunteer ... the list goes on. Modeling to our children how to be productive with time is important. 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