When the Facts Say No But God Says Go

There were a few things I wasn’t supposed to be able to do.

No loan. Bad credit. No money.… But I bought my first store.

No job. No savings.… But I bought my first house.

And those new JA 2s that cost $120? I paid $34.62 at the Nike store.

Now, I’m not saying this to brag. I’m saying it because I know what it looks like when the facts say it’s impossible but favor makes it happen anyway.

And it always comes back to this one truth:

When you yield to God as your source, facts don’t matter.

Yielding Isn’t Passive

To yield means to submit, to surrender, to align.

It’s not about sitting back and waiting for a miracle. It’s about cooperating with God’s principles—the ones He set in motion from the beginning.

And the thing about principles? They don’t operate on emotion. They operate like laws.

The world runs on facts. God runs on faith + obedience.

So I started asking different questions when I read Scripture:

• What was the command?

• What happened when someone obeyed it?

• What happened when they didn’t?

And over time, I stopped seeing Bible stories as random miracles—and started seeing them as patterns.

Principle: Generosity Unlocks Provision

"Give, and it will be given to you… with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you." (Luke 6:38)

That one verse shifted my entire mindset around money.

The world says: Protect. Hoard. Hold on tight.

God’s system says: Release. Sow. Trust.

And when I looked closer, I saw this principle everywhere:

• A widow gave her last meal to Elijah → God sustained her through famine (1 Kings 17).

• A boy gave up his lunch → Jesus fed thousands (John 6).

• The early church shared everything → No one lacked (Acts 4).

This isn’t random blessing. It’s repeatable obedience.

Principle: Pain Can Produce Maturity

A friend of mine just lost her father. Both parents, now gone.

The facts say that kind of grief leaves a hole you can’t recover from.

But then I read James 1:4:

"Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything."

It doesn’t seem like a grief verse, at first. But when you look at the pattern...

• Joseph was betrayed and thrown into a pit → Later, he fed nations (Gen 50:20).

• Job lost everything → God restored more than he had (Job 42:10).

• The disciples scattered after Jesus died → That suffering spread the gospel (Acts 8).

Pain doesn’t mean the end.

It means God is doing deep work in hidden places.

Grief isn’t meaningless.
Pain isn’t pointless.

God uses even loss to build something in us.

The world says: “You’ll never be whole again.”

God says: “You will be complete. Lacking nothing.”

It doesn’t erase the pain. But it gives it purpose.

Principles Over Pressure

This is why I read Scripture. Not to memorize verses—but to find the framework.

Because when I align with God’s laws, I stop being limited by the world’s logic.

That’s how doors opened for me when I had no money.
That’s how I walked into opportunities that didn’t make sense on paper.
That’s how I paid $34.62 for $120 shoes 😅

Not because I’m special.
But because I stopped chasing outcomes and started aligning with principles.

And when God is your source, His system kicks in.
His automation takes over.

That’s it for today

Have a Happy Saturday!

keep JOY, stay Disciplined