Trusting Beyond Knowing
What if the thing you planned to create isn’t the thing God keeps giving you? This post explores what it means to keep showing up—even when you’re still not sure where it’s going.
Maybe I’m Supposed to Create Anyway
A spiritually reflective blog series about the holy wrestle behind the work.
This is a space for the slow, sacred journey of building what God whispered—
even when you’re unsure, unready, or unseen. You’re not alone here.
You’re invited to breathe, reflect, and become.
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When clarity feels out of reach
Have you ever wanted clarity so badly it made you pause before you moved?
Me too.
I used to think that if something was from God, the steps would be obvious. The timing would be clear. The peace would be instant.
But more often than not, what I’ve gotten is a whisper, not a roadmap.
Just enough light for the next step. Not the full plan.
And maybe that’s where trust begins.
When your plans turn into something else
Let me ask you this:
Have you ever started a project thinking it would go one way… only to watch it become something entirely different?
That’s exactly what happened with my website.
I knew I wanted a space to showcase my professional background. I had a plan—business, leadership, HR. I even worked through Simon Sinek’s Start With Why and outlined my Golden Circle like a good little strategist.
But when I finally sat down to write?
What poured out of me wasn’t anything I expected.
It was Jesus. It was journal entries. It was quiet wrestles and spiritual reflections and honest prayers I didn’t even know I needed to say out loud.
I kept writing, thinking I’d “get back on track.” But the spiritual content didn’t stop. I posted every other day for over a month and a half. And still, I had more to say.
Meanwhile… not a single blog about HR had been written. Not one.
So I went back and changed everything. The homepage. The About section. The purpose.
And I still don’t know exactly where it’s going.
But I’m learning to trust the God who keeps stirring something in me— even if I don’t have the category for it yet.
You don’t need the whole picture
Maybe you’re in that space right now. You feel the nudge to begin something. To speak. To build. To go. But it doesn’t make total sense yet. You can’t explain it to anyone else.
Can I offer a gentle truth? You don’t need the whole picture to begin.
You just need the whisper— and the willingness to follow it.
You’re in good company
Think about Abraham.
“By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to a place… and he went out, not knowing where he was going.”
(Hebrews 11:8, ESV)
Not because he had it figured out, but because he trusted the One who called him.
Mary said yes to carrying the Messiah before she understood how.
Paul kept writing letters from a prison cell, not knowing they’d one day become scripture.
None of them had the full picture.
But they trusted anyway— not because they knew everything, but because they knew God.
Right on time
So, what are you being asked to trust in this season? What are you building that doesn’t have a name yet? What idea keeps whispering to you, even though you can’t see the outcome?
It’s okay to not have the answers. It’s okay to still be figuring it out. It’s okay if what you planned to create isn’t what’s actually coming out.
That doesn’t mean you missed it.
It might just mean… you’re right on time.
Keep going
Faith doesn’t always look like boldness. Sometimes, it looks like a quiet willingness to keep going.
To take the next small step. To post what’s in your heart, even if no one claps. To follow the Spirit’s leading, even when the spreadsheet doesn’t agree.
Maybe this is where your trust gets deeper— not because you finally understand everything, but because you don’t… and still, you move.
You don’t have to know. You just have to trust.
You don’t have to know the outcome. You just have to obey the invitation.
So keep planting. Keep showing up. Keep writing what God gives you.
The fruit may take time. But He’s faithful.
“Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make straight your paths.”
(Proverbs 3:5–6, ESV)
A gentle transition
Maybe trusting beyond knowing is how we begin to live differently. Not driven, but drawn. Not rushed, but rooted. Not just fruitful—but faithful.
And maybe the next season isn’t about building more. Maybe it’s about becoming more—still.
Becoming, Still
Blog Post Info
This is Post #12 of 16: Trusting Beyond Knowing
From the series: Maybe I’m Supposed to Create Anyway
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