Fear is loud , it tells you every reason why you shouldn’t try, why you’ll fail, why the odds are against you. But faith, faith whispers one thing that drowns it all out: “What if it works?”
To live by faith is to walk through the fog and still move forward, believing that something unseen is waiting ahead. Faith is not blindness it’s boldness. It’s the decision to trust what God promised even when life gives you every reason to quit.
Most people let fear stop them before they even start. Fear builds walls; faith builds wings. Fear sees risk; faith sees reason. Fear says, “What if I fall?” Faith says, “What if I fly?”
The truth is, every dream, every miracle, every story that ever mattered began with someone who believed before there was proof. Faith is the bridge between what is and what could be.
Let me tell you a story. A story about Amanda a woman whose life proves that faith doesn’t erase the waiting it gives purpose to it.
Amanda was from a quiet town in Benin, Nigeria full of dreams, laughter, and the gentle hum of hope. She got married young, full of excitement about the family she and her husband would build. Year one passed. Then year two. Then five. Then ten. No child.
Each doctor visit ended with the same phrase that burned through her soul“You just need to keep trying.”
She did through prayers, fasting, tears and sleepless nights. She watched friends post baby pictures online, attended naming ceremonies, and smiled through the ache in her heart. People whispered. Some offered unsolicited advice. Others mocked her quietly. But Amanda never stopped believing.
When fear told her it was over, faith told her it was just delayed.
One day, while attending a women’s conference, a message pierced through her: “You cannot receive what you no longer expect.” Those words hit her like a spark. She realized she had been praying, but not expecting. She had been surviving, but not believing.
That day, she went home, opened her journal, and wrote,“God, I choose faith over fear. Even if my eyes see nothing, my heart will trust You.
From that moment, Amanda changed her posture. Instead of avoiding baby showers, she attended them celebrating others with genuine joy. She decorated a nursery in faith, not for pity, but as a declaration. Every morning, she would walk into that room and say aloud, “I am a mother in waiting, not a woman forgotten.”
A year later, Amanda fell ill or so she thought. When she went to the hospital, the doctor smiled with tears in his eyes and said, “Mrs. Adewale, you’re not sick. You’re pregnant.”
After twelve years of waiting. Twelve years of mockery. Twelve years of tears.Her faith had finally met her promise.
Amanda gave birth to a healthy baby boy and later to twin girls. Today, she runs a foundation for women facing infertility, teaching them to hold onto faith when fear screams louder.
She often says, “If I had allowed fear to speak louder than my faith, my story would have ended in bitterness, not birth.”
Faith isn’t about ignoring reality it’s about declaring that your reality will not define your destiny. It’s waking up every day with hope, even when logic laughs at you.
So maybe you’re waiting too for a job, a breakthrough, a promise that feels forgotten. Maybe the clock keeps ticking, and the world keeps asking, “When?”
Here’s the truth, faith is not about when it’s about who.Who you trust. Who you believe in. Who holds the pen writing your story. Amanda’s miracle wasn’t late. It arrived right on time God’s time.
So don’t let fear talk you out of what faith is still preparing. Even when you can’t see the finish line, trust that your steps are being ordered.
Faith may take time, but it never disappoints. Believe before you see. Because when faith becomes your focus, even the impossible bows to possibility.
THE LESSON:Faith is not a feeling; it’s a choice. Fear feeds on what you see. Faith feeds on what you know that God never fails. If you keep waiting for conditions to be perfect before you move, you’ll miss the miracles waiting in motion.
Faith over fear means taking that step not because you have it all together, but because you trust the One who does.
So believe before you see. Move even when you’re shaking. Speak even when your voice trembles. Pray even when the answer seems far. Because the same God who came through for Amanda can still do the impossible for you.
When fear says, “What if you fail?” Faith whispers, “What if this is the moment everything changes?”
Because when faith leads, fear loses every time.Fear will always find a reason to hold you back. It whispers, “What if it never happens?” while faith quietly answers, *“What if it does?”
Faith is not the absence of fear; it is the decision to believe in the unseen despite what your eyes tell you. It’s standing tall in the middle of disappointment and still declaring, “It’s possible.”
When life delays what your heart desires, it’s easy to question God’s plan. But sometimes, His silence isn’t denial it’s preparation. Faith means trusting His timing even when you can’t trace His hand.
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