 and let me tell you, it's scary, okay? It's scary. God may have our lives all planned out, seeing our past, our present, our future all before we were born, but that's not an excuse to just sit around and not take any action, to not improve ourselves daily and move towards him and our desires. Of course, God is who we should be leaning on in both good times and bad, but many times we use him as a crutch instead of doing the work to fulfill what he created us to do and be. And a lot of times we might not even realize it. You have to choose if you're going to show up in all areas of your life in the best way possible, and sometimes we use God as a crutch to not move forward. This could be with a career, a financial decision, a living situation, a relationship, whatever. And obviously, God has the power to change your heart and to change your direction and guide you, it's whether you listen or not. Because the thing is, is you're taking action regardless, either towards what he's placed in your heart or against it, away from it. And sometimes, yes, the answer is to sit and wait in prayer, in solitude, in silence. But oftentimes, God will throw us these, let's call them bones to motivate us and give us direction to take some sort of inspired action toward our path. But because we are so focused on sitting around and waiting for a direct answer, we are so convinced about sitting around and waiting, we often just sniff the bone, okay? No, it's a weird analogy, but just let's just roll with it, okay? We sniff the bone, okay? And we just stand there waiting for even more direction to pick up the bone and chew it. And after we do this so many times, those opportunities, they can pass us by. You see, God can only throw us so many bones for one situation. And it's our job to trust him and to move forward and take action towards what he is leading us to. Yes, he created us to trust him and to lean on him more than we do with anyone or anything else. But he also didn't just create us to sit around and wait, either. He wants us to co-create our lives with him. Here's a personal example. I've been consistent on YouTube for a little over two years now. I am truly just so passionate about it. And it has been in my heart for a very long time, tracing back to about six years ago when I originally created this channel, when I was doing mostly fitness and nutrition content. And for those two years, these last two years, I've spent a lot of time, a lot of money working to grow this channel with very minimal movement. And not once during that time did I ever make a video that was based around my faith. However, the past few months, maybe longer, it's really only been the past few months that I've been listening, he's been throwing me these consistent downloads or bones, whatever you want to call about making these videos, including this one. I was just jamming my headphones on, cooking dinner, went out of nowhere. This video idea came to me. I immediately stopped cooking and I took notes on the thoughts that were flowing to me. And what that did is they continued to come as I'm writing, like writing, taking notes. Sometimes I do voice notes just to make sure I don't miss anything that is just coming through. I was taking the bone instead of ignoring it and pushing back and continuing to wait. I took the action that he was guiding me to do. And so what I'm really doing is just my part in my relationship with him. And what has happened since I started listening to him. Since I began posting the content, he is quite literally giving me. I'm getting more traction on this channel in the last three months than I have in the past two years combined. And that's because I stopped waiting around and I opened my mind and my heart to what he is showing me and what he is doing for me and through me because I am taking the action that he is guiding me to. And let me tell you, it's scary. Okay. It's scary. And over time, okay, it's getting less scary each time. But like nonetheless, even filming this video and posting this video, it's a little scary for me. My faith is not something I often talk about, whether online or in reality. But I combined my faith and my trust in him, taking his bones and making that faithful decision to run with them. My heart and my faith and my mind are open to him. You know, God created us to be these incredibly powerful beings. But the problem is, is within society as well as many, if not the majority of churches have done everything possible in their power to take away our own power and creativity and spirituality and doing their best to take that understanding away from us, to make us feel small and puny, to make us feel like victims, like we are separate from God. And I'm here to tell you, and I created this video to tell you, to take your power back, trust and have faith and move forward in the direction that God is guiding you to. You're here for a reason. Okay. God doesn't make mistakes. And if you're not exactly sure how to hear from God, check out this video right here and I'll post it at the end as well on how to really tune in into hearing him and what he's saying to you. Because this is something that I struggled with for a very long time and still do pretty often. How are you supposed to fulfill the life that God intended you to? If you won't open your eyes to what he's showing you, stop asking God to pull you along like a screaming toddler and start walking side by side with him. If you found value in this video, please don't forget to like and subscribe because it helps my channel out a lot. I love you guys so, so much. And don't forget, be limitlessly yourself.