Sometimes I go through a season that is such an emotional roller coaster that when I sit down to process my thoughts I can’t even figure out what I am feeling or thinking. I’ve sat down countless times and have been completely overtaken by the thoughts running around in my mind that I couldn’t even figure out what it was I was supposed to be learning through this season. What tidbit of wisdom can I gain from a season full of so much confusion? If there is something I feel it’s been buried under the chaos that it’s almost impossible to find.

Have you ever been through a season like that?

We have all had dreams and desires that we have felt the Lord place on our heart and have worked up the courage to take that step forward in pursuit of what it is God was calling us to do. Sometimes it’s smooth sailing after you take that first step of faith. Other times, you can be met with brick wall after brick wall and wonder if you heard right. Sometimes you find yourself not even able to take that first step because what God is calling you to is so big you aren’t even sure where to begin. If you can’t recall a season in life that you’ve been in this place, I can guarantee one day you’ll be met with one.

There is something I am coming to realize in times we find ourselves in a season full of choices where we are in desperate need of direction, God is there. He was there before you even found yourself staring at the situation questioning your heart and what steps to take next. He is there and He goes before you. Sometimes He shines a light into the future giving you glimpses of the journey. Other times He is only a spotlight onto your feet asking you to blindly take each step with your faith placed in Him. No matter what, He is always there.

“Do not be afraid or discouraged, for the Lord will personally go ahead of you. He will be with you; He will neither fail nor abandon you.” Deuteronomy 31:8 (NLT)


I’ve been in seasons where every step I took doors flew open and there was no doubt that God was in it. But I have also been in seasons where every step I took was met with opposition and I was left questioning if I had misheard God. But whenever I have stepped back and released my hands from the situation, God has always come back to fight for me. He has never failed me, and I know He never will.

God is there, He is always there.

Have you ever walked through a season where it was hard to see God there in the midst? What about times where everything seemed so easy that you knew it was God?