Stripped So You Can Soar: Trusting God When Nothing Works

Have you ever felt like every door is closing… like nothing’s working out no matter how hard you try? That might not be failure—it might be God. In this episode, Rashawn unpacks the idea that God will exhaust our options—not to punish us, but to position us. When your plans fall apart, His purpose can finally take center stage. This is your reminder that God meets you at the end of yourself, and that’s where real transformation begins.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Don't give up, don't delay, just pray, he said, don't
be afraid, just believe. Have you ever believed God was
moving but it seemed too late. Seek first the Kingdom
of God and his righteousness, and all things shall be
added on to you. Hey, what's up, guys? I want

(00:24):
to ask you a real quick question. Have you ever
felt like God is taking away every single option that
you had or that you have, Like he's just completely
just taking things out of the picture. Man, That's what's
happening in my life, and that's what's been happening over
the past few months. I mean literally from everything work,
opportunities to opportunities to move to this place that the

(00:48):
door was just shut, or even stay where I was at,
and then I literally have to seek him and depend
on him. I don't know where you are today, but
sometimes God just leaves us with options to rely on him.
That's all he wants us to do, is to rely
on him. And I think it's in these moments that
we feel like we're at the end of ourself, like

(01:09):
we can't do anything else right, and that God actually
he's trying to show us that He's drawn us closer
to himself. In these moments. So if you feel that
way right now, if you're confusing, you sort of don't
know what to do, and you're like, what is actually
happening right now in my life, just know that God
may be drawing you into deeper trust. And today I

(01:31):
want you to talk about how learning to trust God
begins when you fully exhaust all your options. Man, when
you understand that all your options really mean nothing when
it comes to God's ultimate will and plan for your life,
then you'll have wisdom. By That's what I'm learning day
in and day out. So I want to remind you
of waiting on God and what He has for you

(01:54):
is never passive. We're always proactively being productive, working towards
the plan that He has for our life. You know. See,
waiting on God is never meant to be passive. And
I'll say that again. Say it with me. It's never
meant to be passive. Write in the comments if man,
if that really just stuck out to you, Like, dude,
I've been trying to figure this out, but I've been

(02:16):
like chilling and just thinking that God is going to
handle every single problem that I have. No. God wants
you to proactively move forward according to his plan, but
you have to seek him through prayer. And I want
to say it's not about sitting around doing nothing. That's
what I'm trying to clearly articulate to you today. It's
about actively seeking him, actively seeking God, staying in his word,

(02:41):
and moving forward in obedience. Think about David. He was
anointed king, but he spent many years on the year
that he actually got called up into some like crazy
special right. He was a boy that was on the
back end of his brother's legacy, his dad's legacy, and
he was pretty much tending to the sheep. But God

(03:02):
called him specifically to step up into an opportunity where
he could crush Goliath and later become king. He was
annointed king, but spent years guys on the run before
he's set on the throne. So I just want to
encourage you in that He is waiting for you. But
the waiting isn't wasted. Every time you're waiting on the Lord,

(03:25):
just know he's waiting on you to draw close to
him and practically move forward in the plan that he
asked for you. So don't despise the preparation. I want
to tell you that again, don't despise the preparation. His
waiting isn't wasted. It's actually working for your good and
his glory. Amen. So right now you might be in

(03:46):
the season where it doesn't feel like doors are opening.
Matter of fact, it feels like doors are closing, back
to back to back doors are being shut in your face,
and the job you want it didn't happen. Things aren't
working together, right the relationship that you was so invested
in just crumbled like that marriage, or even I would

(04:07):
hope that God is showing you ways that you can
reconcile your marriage. Or maybe it's a relationship from a
standpoint of a co worker that you was closed and
tied into on a business level but also on a
friendship level, and you feel like things has really just
corroded and they're dying, they're being destroyed. But I want
to tell you have hope. Even when it feels like

(04:28):
those areas of your life are falling apart. God is
wanted to do something in you. He wants to break
into you so he can break through you. Even when
things seem delayed. He there's things that he wants to
work in and through you so it can work out.
Your salvation, but also give you guidance on what it
is for the next season for your life. So I

(04:50):
just want to encourage you in that. I want to
mention this as well. But if God is using this
season to deepen your faith, that's the question that you
have to really sit back can reflect. Do you feel
like He's using the season to sharpen your faith? What
if the position that you're in now is to have
you trust like you never have before. So, guys, this

(05:12):
really reminds me of a story in Mark five Gyrus.
It was an influential man who was a synagogue leader,
who had a daughter who was dying, and all his
power and resources couldn't help him. He didn't have anything
at this point that could change the outcome of his circumstances. However,

(05:33):
he had no choice but to seek Jesus. He had
no choice but to seek God. And imagine his desperation,
his deep plea in his heart. And he comes to
Jesus and he begs him to heal his daughter, and
Jesus agrees. But on the way, there was a delay.
On the way, guys, there was a delay. Something came up.
Jesus stops to heal the woman with the issue of blood,

(05:56):
and while they were weighed, and Gyrous receives that he
feared the most that his daughter had died, that his
daughter had died. Can you imagine that? Can you imagine
where Gyrus was at that moment? Can you imagine that?
Why bother the teacher anymore? Why even call him? But
by faith this is what he did. Y'all can probably

(06:18):
already guess. But I want to ask you before I
even get there. Have you ever been there? Have you
ever been in a place where you believe God was
moving but then it seemed like it was too late,
Like you can't even call out to God because you're
such in a place of despair and discomfort and even death.
I don't know where you are today, but I want

(06:40):
to let you know there's nothing that God can't do.
All things are impossible to the God who does the impossible.
Does that make sense? Have you ever been there? Have
you ever believed God was moving but it seemed too late?
Like your dream, your promise, your hope died right in
from front of you. I don't know what it is,

(07:02):
what you're going through, what season of life you're in,
where you're like, why is this happening. Why am I
getting crushed and stumped on by people who love I
mean most Why is this dream suddenly faded away and
it's gone flat in the process. But I want to
tell you today, watch and see what God does. I
love this. God will breathe life into dead dreams and promises.

(07:25):
That's what I wanted to share with you right now,
wherever you are. But watch what Jesus does. He says this,
He looks at Gyrus and he says this. After that,
he said, don't be afraid, just believe. Some of you
need to hear that today. Say that I believe. Say
that bright in the comments. I believe. And he arrives
at the house and he speaks with the little girl

(07:46):
and says Taliah Talitha, Talitha. I think that was her name,
which means little girl. Get up. See, God doesn't just
prevent things from dying. He doesn't just prevent them from dying.
He brings dead things back to life. So sometimes he'll
allow things to die away, right, That's how good God is.
But if they do die away, just know he has

(08:08):
the power to bring it back to life, just like
he did for Christ. When Jesus was crushed and crucified
on that cross, and he died for our sins because
the judgment of God fell on Jesus. Right, the wrath
of God fell on Jesus, that we may be justified
in God sight when we believe in the work of Jesus,
the finishing work of Christ. In the same way, do

(08:31):
you think your dream is over the promise you thought God?
For God, he's in the business of resurrecting that promise.
Don't give up, don't delay, just pray. Ask the Lord
to intercede and intervene on your behalf, because that's what
he's doing right now. Maybe you're exhausted. Maybe he was exhausted.

(08:52):
He exhausted all his options right because he wants you
and I want to tell you this. He wants you
to know that you our resource and he is the source.
He is our last source. Go to God. That's who
you truly need. And when he shows up, he doesn't restore,
he resurrects. He doesn't just restore, he resurrects. He brings

(09:16):
dead things to life. So this is what my prayer
is for you today. That's why Jesus tells us in
Matthew six point thirty three seek first the Kingdom of
God and his righteousness, and all things shall be added
on to you. When we put God first above our plans,
we see his purpose prevailed. It unveils above our desires,

(09:38):
above our feelings, above the reality of things what they
may seem. He aligns everything according to His perfect will,
and that's where we want to be. In the perfect
will of God. We need to renew our minds every
single day. We need to trust and believe the Gospel.
We need to repent of our sins place our confidence
in God and him alone. But that means we have

(10:01):
to let go of control. If we want to let
go of those things, we have to lay off every
sandwich so easily entangles us and keep our eyes fixed
on Jesus, the Author and the finisher of our faith.
We need to ask God to help us to surrender
not to our timeline, but to His timeline. Our expectations
don't amount up to God's plan for our lives. Our

(10:24):
ways of doing things are never the Lord's way of
doing things. His ways are much higher. The Bible says,
trust in His way, not our own. And so let
me ask you this, This is the question I want
you to introspectively, ask yourself, right now, are you willing
to trust him fully? Not just when it makes sense,
not just when you feel things are going the way

(10:45):
you want them to go, but even when every option
has failed and destroyed your life, like you seemingly think
these things have destroyed your life. If you're in the
season where God is exhausting your options, you're in the
perfect place. Because I want to encourage you this. It
is not the end. God has not failed you. If

(11:07):
God is for you, who can be against you? Right?
If God is for you, who can be against you?
He's inviting you. It's an invitation extended through his son Jesus,
and he's calling you into deeper faith in his son.
He wants you to trust that you don't have to
depend on your circumstances. You don't have to depend on
yourself or anyone else. Trust in the Lord. And I

(11:30):
love this. He's faithful, he's good, and he's always working
things together for our good and his glory. But here's
what I'm going to close out the closing call to
action for you today, and I hope this is encouraging
for you. If this message spoke to you, let me
tell you in the comments, write this, and what area
of your life have you felt to surrender to God?
In what area do you need to lean on to

(11:53):
His lean not onto your own understanding, but lean on
to the Lord. What area do you need to submit
and surrender to the life or more? Write that in
the comments right now, and if you haven't already, hit
subscribe button and we will love to continue to keep
trust and keep seeking and keep believing. God with you
on your journey together as brothers and sisters of Christ

(12:14):
in the Kingdom. Because Jesus is keen, yes or no,
let me know in the comments. Let's go. God bless
you guys, Thanks for tuning in and I look forward
to seeing you in the next video. Peace