Faith beyond Control

Faith Beyond Control

We, as humans, have been trained like seals — taught to rely on our skills and abilities. But faith doesn’t require these skills or abilities. Faith asks only for a heart that doesn’t snatch at each piece or try to force it into a container we already know.

Faith is often bigger than just one person. God may be weaving several lives together at once, shaping outcomes far beyond the picture we hold in our minds.

The heart of faith is simple: let go of control. Flow with what He is doing. For as Proverbs 3:5 reminds us, “Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding.”

Control is the opposite of faith — yet it so easily becomes our human default.

Letting go of what you have is the key to seeing what can be more than you ever hoped for. Once the pieces are lifted out of your hands and placed into His, you can rest knowing that what He returns will come back as a good gift under grace.

As James 1:17 declares, “Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.”

These words remind us that surrender is never loss — it is the doorway to receiving what cannot be shaken.

And Jesus assured us in Matthew 7:11, “How much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him!”

God Himself ensures the return of good gifts — always under His grace.

When Jesus said He would return for a people who walk in faith, it was never for those who can merely say the word, but for those who live it out.

He asked in Luke 18:8, “When the Son of Man comes, will He really find faith on the earth?”

That question presses us still today — will He find a people walking, not just speaking?

True faith is not a claim but a walk, as Paul writes in 2 Corinthians 5:7, “For we walk by faith, not by sight.”

The righteous keep moving forward, sustained by trust. For as Hebrews 10:38 says, “My righteous one shall live by faith, and if he shrinks back, my soul has no pleasure in him.”

And James presses it home: “Faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead.” (James 2:17).

Faith must be more than a word on our lips — it is action, placing every piece into His hands and trusting God to move because of it.

If you are not in faith, you are outside the slipstream of God — simply drifting along the broad road that leads to destruction.