May 13, 2026. There are seasons when the Lord is gently teaching, and there are seasons when He is shaking His people awake. This is one of those wake-up seasons. I keep hearing the same thing over and over again in my spirit: this is a momentous May, and it is leading into a summer full of surprises. But here is the key. The power of God is present, the promises of God are sure, and the Spirit of God is moving, yet many still are not seeing breakthrough because they have not hit the power button. That button is faith.
The Power Is There, but Faith Releases It
I used the example recently of a tactical flashlight. It is loaded with power. The battery is in it. Everything necessary is present. But if nobody presses the button, the light never shines.
Faith works like that.
Too many believers are standing on Ephesians language, saying God will do exceedingly abundantly above all we can ask, think, or imagine according to His power at work in us, and then wondering why nothing seems to move. The answer is not that God failed. The answer is often that we have allowed doubt, fear, and human reasoning to keep the switch in the off position.
The power is in you by the Holy Spirit. But faith is what releases it.
The same is true of a powerful car sitting in the garage. It may have 400 horsepower under the hood, but it goes nowhere until the engine is engaged. Many people have spiritual horsepower but are still parked. God is saying, hit the power button.
Stop Using Human Experience to Cancel Divine Instruction
One of the clearest biblical pictures of this is Peter and the fishing boat. He and the others had fished all night and caught nothing. Jesus told them to go back out and cast again. Human experience said no. Professional familiarity said no. Exhaustion said no. But obedience said yes.
And that yes brought in a net-bursting catch.
How often do we do the opposite? The Lord speaks, and we answer Him with our resume, our disappointment, our history, our logic, or our pain. We use what we know naturally to shut down what He is opening spiritually.
That is exactly what happened with Israel in the wilderness. God did not tell the spies to inspect whether the promise was possible. He told them to explore the land He was already giving them. That is a huge difference.
Numbers 14 and the Cost of a Bad Report
Numbers 14 is one of the most sobering chapters in Scripture because it shows what happens when fear gets agreement from a crowd.
Twelve spies went out. Ten came back with fear. Two came back with faith.
Joshua and Caleb saw the same giants, the same fortified cities, the same obstacles. The difference was not what they saw. The difference was what they believed about God.
The ten said, “We can’t.” Joshua and Caleb said, “The Lord has given it.”
And because the people embraced the voice of fear, what should have been a short journey became a generational delay. A whole generation wandered because they agreed with unbelief.
That is not just an Old Testament history lesson. It is a warning.
- Fear delays what faith could enter.
- Complaining can keep you circling what obedience would conquer.
- A negative confession does not protect you. It partners with delay.
God is still looking for people with the spirit of Caleb, people of a different attitude, people who remain loyal when the atmosphere is full of panic.
Moses Shows Us How to Pray in Faith
There is another powerful lesson in Numbers 14. When judgment was looming, Moses did not come to God with emotional manipulation. He came with God’s own words.
That is how covenant prayer works.
He essentially said, “Lord, You said You are slow to anger and abounding in mercy.” In other words, he presented the divine precedent. He appealed to what God Himself had already declared.
This is how faith prays. It does not invent its own authority. It agrees with heaven.
Jesus did the same thing in the wilderness. “It is written.” Moses did it. Abraham did it. We are called to do it too. If God has spoken, then speak His word back to Him in agreement.
That is not presumption. That is covenant.
Exodus 20, John 14, and the Obedience of Love
There is no real faith without obedience. That is why the commandments matter. In Exodus 20, God lays out His ways plainly. No other gods. No idols. No taking His name in vain. Honor father and mother. Do not steal, murder, commit adultery, lie, or covet.
Then Jesus echoes the heart of it in John 14: “If you love Me, keep My commandments.”
This is not legalism. This is relationship. Obedience is the evidence of trust. Faith is not saying, “I believe God can do anything” while resisting what He asked you to do. Faith says, “Because You said it, I will obey.”
And when faith and obedience come together, the Holy Spirit moves in power.
Calling Forth What Is Not Yet Seen
One of the questions that often comes up is this: how do I call forth something I do not yet see without slipping into wishful thinking?
That is a real question, especially when someone is sick, when finances are broken, or when a situation looks impossible.
The answer is this: faith is not pretending. Faith is agreeing with God before the evidence arrives.
If someone needs healing, you do not have to manufacture confidence in yourself. You are not the healer. God is. Your role is to obey in love and pray in faith.
That means you do not come saying, “What if this does not work?” The moment you frame it that way, you have shifted the weight onto yourself and undermined the prayer before it begins. Instead, you say, “Lord, You said to lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover. So in obedience, I am asking You to heal.”
That is not false hope. That is faithful love.
We are responsible for obedience. God is responsible for the outcome.
Why This Matters Right Now
I believe we are living in a time of major upheaval, exposure, and reset. The old systems are shaking. Corrupt structures are being challenged. The Babylonian machinery of this world is not as immovable as it appears.
When Isaiah 14 speaks about the fall of oppressive powers and the earth entering rest, that is not just ancient poetry. It is a pattern. God knows how to humble what exalted itself against Him. He knows how to break wicked systems. He knows how to deliver His people from structures they became so used to that they no longer recognized their bondage.
That is why this is not a time to retreat into fear. It is a time to hold steady, speak rightly, and refuse to agree with despair.
If all you can see is chaos, look deeper. God often moves most decisively when the surface appears most unstable.
May Day, Second Chances, and Divine Reversal
The language of May carries something prophetic. May Day is known as a distress call, but it is also associated with spring, renewal, celebration, and life returning after barrenness.
That picture matters.
God is not only hearing the cries of distress. He is also answering with reversal. What looked dead can live again. What looked delayed can still be redeemed. What looked missed is not necessarily lost.
The second Passover in Numbers 9 is a beautiful reminder of that. Some missed the first appointed time because they were unclean, and they cried out. God responded by making room for a second chance.
That is His heart.
He restores. He mends. He stitches back together. He revives. He makes new.
What Hitting the Power Button Looks Like
If you are asking what practical faith looks like in this season, start here:
- Stop rehearsing the bad report. Refuse to let fear narrate your future.
- Speak the Word of God back to Him. Pray His promises, not just your panic.
- Obey what He has already said. Faith grows through movement.
- Pray for the sick, the broken, and the impossible. Leave outcomes to God, but do not withhold obedience.
- Do not partner with delay through unbelief. A shield of doubt repels what a shield of faith would receive.
This is the call in front of us. Not polished religion. Not passive agreement. Not occasional optimism. Faith. Real faith. Working faith. Speaking faith. Obedient faith.
The Lord is still saying what He has always said: trust Me. He has not changed. He has not lost a battle. He has not forgotten His covenant. The final word from heaven is never panic. It is checkmate.
So do not be like the generation that saw miracles and still chose fear. Be like Caleb. Be like Joshua. Be like Moses when he stood in the gap. Be like Peter when he said, “Because You said so, I will.”
Hit the power button.
Blessings, Howard Olsen
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