FireStorm Faith Ranch

Less = greatest!

This is not your typical math problem, and most would agree this is incorrect. But this is a true result in the eyes of God!

In the Bible when the disciples had 5 loaves of bread they ended up feeding 5,000 people with extra left over. This speaks volumes to our lives today, yesterday, and even tomorrow. The ones that have the least end up with the most.

You may ask how is that possible? Why am I asked to struggle when everyone else seems complacent or happy. That’s the answer right there! When we focus on what we don’t have we miss the blessings we do have. God tells us “Thou shall not covet.” When we focus on all the things our friends, family, and strangers have like a huge home with land, expensive car, promotion in our jobs, nice vacation and clothes, our direction is wrong! You’ve heard that those that seem like they have everything together and life is going right for them are struggling far greater than the world can see. Those homes may be broken and divided, their expensive cars may be on the verge of repossession, the job promotion may be short lived because they’re not capable of doing the work, and the vacations/nice clothes may be adding to their insurmountable debt that will haunt them for years or break them forever. You see the “nice” things in life are never what they seem without something lurking in the shadows.

When you feel like you’ve hit rock bottom, you’ve been evicted, lost your job, divorced from your spouse, and have credit card companies harassing you for a severe amount of debt you feel rejected, lost, and unworthy. In reality you’re actually blessed and have more than others; you’re just not seeing it.

What if “Rejection is redirection!” Read that statement 3 times over and truly listen and internalize those 3 words. Wow! 🤩 🤯
Take your losses, your insecurities, your heartache, and use that pain to turn it into the most for your life. God doesn’t want you to hurt or suffer, but sometimes when we are not on a path or in a season where we need to be to be successful, He will remove things that are hindering where you need to go and be. The “things” that you thought meant something to you are actually restricting you from your full worth and purpose in life.

So when you feel the weight of the world on your shoulders, the pain of losing those you love, and a sense of unworthiness, remember that you have more blessings than our human eye can see on the surface. Continue to pray to God and embrace the hurt and rejection as redirection for something bigger and better in your life that He is preparing for you. Sometimes you just need to work through the pain to regain and strengthen what you think you lost into a new blessing from God.

Less = more
Nothing = blessings
Rejection = redirection

Out of your control.

Many of us have been in situations that we can’t control but are so empowered to try to fix them. We trust God, follow His way, pray and wait for answers. Are you patient? What do you see? Where are you going?

It’s easy to get wrapped up in fixing things, because as humans we don’t like feelings that are broken, stones out of place, or white lies hidden behind “truths.” Our nature is to live in harmony with each other and avoid conflict at all costs.

Have you ever questioned how to trust in God when you know something is not right with the people you love the most? How as humans do we not throw all of our energy into worrying when you know that something is broken? Where do you ignore the worry when emotions arise with your coworkers and you want nothing more than to squash the animosity or the uneasiness? Our first desire is to fix the problem because we feel personally responsible. As humans we don’t like confrontation, we don’t like distance, we crave a feeling of acceptance, being wanted, and most importantly whole heartedly loved 🥰.

Believing in something that you are passionate about brings pure joy. At some point life throws you a curve ball to test your faith. Questions begin to arise and fear swirls around creating confusion. How do you navigate worry now? Doing kind gestures for friends and not receiving help when you truly need a friend leaves you feeling lonely and invisible. 🫥 Why me? What did I do wrong?

God tells us not to waste our energy trying to control things that are out of our control. But as humans we feel obligated to correct what we feel responsible for. Trusting God to lead us down a path and follow Him wherever He leads us takes a lot of faith. This faith does not come easy and is difficult to fully accept. In order to grow in Christ you have to let go of the worry and pray/trust that God can and will fix your problems, heal the wounds, and instill Love and faith back into what you lost.

God knows your path. He will lead you to where you are meant to be. But you have to put your whole heart, mind, and soul into the process, and place the deepest trust in Him! Love never fails. God has blessed us all far beyond what we can see. Truly trust in God, and know what you think you’ve lost forever isn’t gone and you can make it new again.