Grant Skeldon addresses the tension between praying for good things and taking action - how to tell when you're moving in faith versus forcing outcomes. He introduces the “scariest prayer” to pray: surrender your request to God and ask him to bless it if it's from him or block it if it's not. Using Gideon’s fleece (Judges 6:36-40) and Gamaliel’s counsel (Acts 5:34-39) he shows both the human impulse to verify God and the biblical reality that if something is from God nobody can overthrow it. Skeldon names common fears about surrender - timing, feeling withheld from, and doubt - and counters them by urging trust, gratitude, and readiness to ride God’s waves instead of making your own.
““Gideon said to God, 'If there is dew only on the fleece and all the ground is dry then I will know that you will save Israel by my hand as you said.'”” · Grant Skeldon
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When you face a gray-area request (job, move, relationship), pray: 'God, bless it if it’s from you; block it if it’s not,' and then release it. Trust that waiting can be preparation and that apparent 'withholding' can be loving protection. Practice gratitude daily - notice God’s 'fingerprints' in ordinary blessings - and be ready to act when God opens a door rather than forcing one.
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