One in a Million: Journey to Your Promised Land

by Priscilla Shirer

This experience was required so I could lay down my independence on myself and depend on God. I have indeed learned to trust God for everything in my life. I fooled myself into thinking that before all this I had given my whole life to God and looked to Him for every answer. What I learned through this season of life was, that simply wasn’t true. I may have desired to give it all to Him, but in the back of my mind, I held on to the things I thought I could take care of. Once Jordan’s tumor began to grow and it was determined that he would need to undergo the surgery, I had no choice but to let go and let God have His way. I certainly couldn’t go to college and get a degree in neurosurgery in six months, so I had to trust God to take care of Jordan. And I knew He would—no matter the outcome. God knows what will happen in my life, and He has a plan for me that’s better than anything I could map out for myself. That’s a woman who’s quit seeking God’s treats. He had taken her as far away from her hoped-for destination as she’d ever dreamed possible. He had positioned her in Sinai, miles and miles from everything she thought abundant life was supposed to taste and feel like. But in this place she’d met Him in a new way. She had seen His face. She had heard His voice. In fact, Promised Land living had already begun for her because now only one thing mattered anymore: she just wanted God, not just His gifts.