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Standing at the base of my mountain, do I believe that promise? Will I take Jesus at his word? Will I see the incredible power of God at work in my life through faith-filled prayer? Or will I shrink away from the challenge and miss seeing God glorified?

I posted in January that our house had been on the market for six months and I was praying it would sell by February 10.

It’s still on the market. And we’re still praying.

I wrote “and, yet, I believe that God is calling me to pray that we will have an offer by February 10. Bold prayer. But Mark Batterson, in his book “Circle Maker,” says that God honors bold prayer.”

Our house is still on the market.  And we’re still praying.

Our church is in a season called Daring Faith. And we put our house on the market as a step of faith. Bold faith. Believing God. And then…nothing.

One thing I’m learning: Just as important and powerful as Daring Faith is…so is Daring Trust. Trusting in our God who knows what’s best for us. Trusting in our God who’s more concerned about shaping us into the image of His son, than in closing a real estate deal.

Daring Trust. Choosing to trust God when everything seems to say that I shouldn’t. That is Daring Trust and that is only by the grace of God who enables me to trust in spite of the “facts.” God can move mountains! Sometimes He chooses not to.

What does my mountain look like? Honestly, there are times that it looks like this.

It scares me. The last time I stood at a place like this, my husband was killed when his snowmobile fell into a moulin. These kinds of mountains terrify me. They remind me of how out of control I am. How anything–even the worst–can happen. Even if I pray at the edge of the icy crevasse that becomes a tomb.

These kinds of feelings and thoughts don’t make me have faith–without doubting. No, they don’t.

So I have to be honest with God about this but instead envision a mountain like this:

Its serenity reminds me that God has called me to trust Him and see Him do beautiful and imaginative things in my life–so He gets the glory!

Will God–does God–say no sometimes to our prayers? Of course. But if I walk in that icy state of fear and doubt, I will never again experience the wonder of seeing God act on my behalf with a big yes.

I choose the second image today. And yet I know that icy glacier waits on the edge of my faith to move over it with tons of fear and worry.

I choose the image of God can do anything. I choose to believe.

God help my unbelief!

Keep tuned in to hear how God is going to move this big mountain for us! May God be glorified!