What if You’re Waiting For a Sign God Already Gave You.
Hebrews 11 isn’t a chapter about people who believed in God.
It’s a chapter about people whose faith caused them to do something.
By faith, Noah built a boat
By faith, Abraham left his country.
By faith, Moses walked away from power.
By faith, Israel crossed a sea.
Their faith became visible through their obedience to what God was telling them.
That’s where faith begins to change a life.
Not when you can explain it but when you’re willing to actually act on it.
Sometimes that action is enormous. Sometimes it’s almost invisible.
Like buying a plane ticket…
Faith is easy to talk about when it doesn’t require anything from you. It’s easy to read about Abraham leaving everything familiar. To admire Noah for building an ark before it had ever rained. To celebrate Peter for stepping out of the boat and walking on water.
Knowing someone else’s Faith story is inspiring and encouraging but it is actually meant to empower you to take action in your own life.
I had a dream, we take our dreams seriously – we write them down, research them and reference them when needed. Sometimes a dream will stick with you and leave you wondering… This dream did just that.
It was January 19, 2020 and in my dream Darin and I were on an island. I asked this guy in my dream where we were and he finally said “we are on island 2025.” The island had a huge mountain and it was surrounded by ocean water. I said to Darin – I’ve been up there and it doesn’t take much to get up there even though it looks huge. We just have to get going!
That was in 2020, then came moments in 2025 we can’t explain – Conversations. Signs. Little confirmations along the way that kept bringing us back to the same question:
God, are You asking us to Go?
There comes a point when asking God for another sign can become a substitute for obedience.
We already knew enough to take our next step.
We didn’t know if Hawaii would become our home. We didn’t even know what we would find when we got there. We weren’t even remotely close to having a plan. We just knew it was time to go and see.
That’s what’s crazy about faith. In today’s world most would say this was foolish and irresponsible.
Faith was never meant to be something we simply learn about.
We can study it. Teach it. Memorize scriptures and even sing songs about it.
In the Bible James actually teaches it like this –
What good is it, dear brothers and sisters, if you say you have faith but don’t show it by your actions? Can that kind of faith save anyone? Suppose you see a brother or sister who has no food or clothing, and you say, “Good-bye and have a good day; stay warm and eat well”—but then you don’t give that person any food or clothing. What good does that do?
So you see, faith by itself isn’t enough. Unless it produces good deeds, it is dead and useless.
Now someone may argue, “Some people have faith; others have good deeds.” But I say, “How can you show me your faith if you don’t have good deeds? I will show you my faith by my good deeds.”
You say you have faith, for you believe that there is one God. Good for you! Even the demons believe this, and they tremble in terror. How foolish! Can’t you see that faith without good deeds is useless?
Don’t you remember that our ancestor Abraham was shown to be right with God by his actions when he offered his son Isaac on the altar? You see, his faith and his actions worked together. His actions made his faith complete. And so it happened just as the Scriptures say: “Abraham believed God, and God counted him as righteous because of his faith.” He was even called the friend of God.
So you see, we are shown to be right with God by what we do, not by faith alone. (James 2:14-24)
Living a life of faith will always require action from you.
Walking by faith doesn’t mean you know where the road will end up.
It means you trust the One asking you to take the next step.