Build What You’be Been Praying For- Becoming a Creator of Opportunity

Realize when God is speaking to you. Life is about paying attention. He is what our focus should be on because as our Father, He will never steer you wrong.

I have to become a creator of opportunity.

Not a controller of outcomes. Not a manipulator of circumstances.

But I cannot keep waiting…

I don’t want to force doors open. I don’t want to strive in my own strength. But I also can’t sit back expecting opportunities to chase me down while I remain still. If I want room for blessings in my life, I have to create room for them.

Not all the time. Not in anxious striving.

But when the call is made — the creation of opportunity should answer.

Somewhere along the way, I confused faith with passivity.

Relying on God to simply drop things into my lap because He tells us to “have faith” — that’s a religious perspective. But faith is active. When I create space in my life for what I’ve been praying for, I am putting my faith to work.

I’ve found myself asking God,

“Why am I still here?”

“What am I not ready for?”

“What still needs to be developed in me?”

But I’m realizing something…

God absolutely places things in front of me. He gives ideas. He gives nudges. He gives invitations. Yet I hesitate because the environment doesn’t look “ideal”.

For example — I love to dance.

I live on the second floor of a small apartment. I have one average-sized mirror that only works if I stand directly in front of it. I can’t leap across the floor the way I used to. I remember when I had a gym membership and an entire mirrored studio to myself — wide open space, music loud, freedom to run and move as I pleased.

Now? It feels limited.

But limited is not the same as restricted.

I still have floor space.

I still have rhythm.

I still have a body that can move.

Learning to become a great dancer in a confined space is creating opportunity. Mastering control, precision, and quiet strength — even with neighbors below me — is preparation.

If I perfect my gift in a small room, imagine how I’ll thrive in a large one.

The same applies to my body.

I want to be Tight. Toned. & Strong.

No, I don’t have a gym in my complex. No membership. And you already know my living situation isn’t glamorous.

But that doesn’t eliminate discipline.

If I practice stretching, Pilates, and anaerobic exercises here, I build natural muscle tone. I develop control. I train my body to move in ways others can’t because they rely only on equipment. I prepare myself so that when I do walk into a full gym environment — to lift weights or perform calisthenics — I’m not starting from scratch.

I’m ready.

I can’t keep asking God why a situation hasn’t changed if I’m not consistently watering the garden He already placed me in.

I have the skill.

I have the time.

I have the ability.

But because I’m not in my preferred environment, I wait idle for the “perfect” opportunity — instead of creating one.

I’m asking God for more room while I’m not even using the room I already have.

That’s God math.

When I steward what He’s already given me — when I show gratitude through action, not just words — it moves Heaven. And what God sees managed well, He multiplies.

I don’t need a perfect environment.

I need obedience.

I must create the opportunity.