From Manifestation to Miracles: How Leaning into God Changed My Life
- Sarah Jean
- Jul 27
- 2 min read

If you’ve been following me for a while, you probably remember how deeply I was into manifestation. Vision boards, affirmations, scripting—I did it all. I was chasing dreams, chasing goals, chasing a version of happiness that always felt just out of reach. No matter how much I achieved, it was never enough. I was constantly striving, constantly searching, constantly needing more.
And it left me feeling…stressed.
The truth no one talks about is how exhausting it is to live in a state of constant chase. Manifestation told me I had to control it all, that my future depended solely on me. That if things weren’t happening, I wasn’t trying hard enough. Praying enough. Believing enough. Being “high vibe” enough.
But then—everything shifted.
I got tired of chasing. I got tired of being the one who had to hold it all together. And in my tiredness, I did something radical…
I leaned into God.
Not just a little. Not just on Sundays. I fully surrendered. I stopped striving and started trusting. I laid down my plans and picked up His. I stopped trying to manifest a perfect life and instead began praying for a purposeful one.
And with that one decision came something I never felt before:
Peace.
Not the kind of peace that comes from checking everything off your to-do list.
Not the kind of peace that waits until life looks perfect.
But a deep, soul-satisfying, anchor-in-the-storm kind of peace.
When I swapped meditation for prayer, I didn’t lose anything—I found freedom. I found clarity. I found joy in the waiting, purpose in the pauses, and beauty in the becoming. I no longer live to prove, to chase, to control. I live to walk in step with the One who already wrote the plan for my life.
I still dream big—huge, even—but now I know I don’t have to force a thing. What’s meant for me won’t miss me. What’s mine is already held in God’s hands. I don’t have to make it happen. I just have to follow Him.
If you’re feeling tired of doing it all on your own…
If you’re constantly reaching but never arriving…
If the “high vibe” life has left you feeling anything but peaceful…
Maybe it’s time to stop manifesting—and start trusting.
Because when I gave God the pen, He started writing a story so much better than anything I could have imagined.
And the peace? It’s indescribable.
But it’s real.
And it’s waiting for you too.
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