Why Being a Content Creator Is a Test of Faith

Being a content creator is a test of faith. Why? Because it’s the complete opposite of what’s expected of you. Working a 9-5 is expected of you. It’s expected that you’ll give 40 hours a week (or more) to a corporation that could get rid of you in a heartbeat. The traditional norm is to go to the office, grab happy hour afterwards, and repeat.

Some people don’t pursue their purpose because of this need for external validation — because they want to fit in. I was the same way for a while. I was too worried about having a stable job and steady income, doing things the “right” way. But the right way still wasn’t working. I realized that no job was truly stable, and that’s when I decided to jump all in to my calling and not look back.

This has been one of my biggest tests of faith. You see, I don’t have anyone to depend on for a steady paycheck anymore. I can only depend on my efforts and on God’s provision. I’m stretching my belief in myself and in God that this is going to work because, quite frankly, I have no other choice. It has to work.

I have to trust and commit to consistency and discipline, believing that my efforts will bear fruit. If I keep watering the seeds of creating content, it has no choice but to grow, right?

When you cut the anchors of stability and safety nets, you can only count on yourself — and ultimately on God. If things don’t work out, there’s no one else to blame.

And along the way, you face doubters and naysayers who don’t understand the vision. Like Noah, mocked while building the Ark, you keep building what God placed inside of you — even when no one else sees it.

Because that’s what faith really is: believing before you see, showing up before the results, and trusting that the seeds you plant today will grow into the future you prayed for tomorrow.