Don't be a Weatherman

"He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap. As thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, nor how the bones do grow in the womb of her that is with child: even so thou knowest not the works of God who maketh all." Ecclesiastes 11:4, 5

My dad told me once, "The Christian life is like driving a car: God wants to steer you to where you need to go, but all of His steering is pointless if you're not moving SOMEWHERE."
Many Christians have a confusing idea about the Christian life, the life of faith. A problem arises, troubles come, and many figure the best thing to do (what living by faith means) is to sit still and see if God will do something. NEVER! Faith is DOING SOMETHING and EXPECTING God to work.
"What about 'Stand still and see the salvation of the Lord'?" That only occurred AFTER Israel left Egypt and AFTER Moses took God seriously when he was told to stretch forth his staff over the red sea. Only when we move can we stand still, only when we step out on faith can we be still and know that He is God. Only by a choice of will can the Redemption of Christ work in us. This is not saving ourselves or "helping ourselves;" this is faith.
Try this on for size: "By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out...he went out, not knowing whither he went." (Heb. 11:7) That is faith. Faith is in the going, NOT the knowing. Faith is in the doing, NOT the stewing. God is standing on the threshold, waiting for us to come so He can show us great and mighty things, but we're too busy observing the wind and regarding the clouds.
"Observing" and "regarding" are common sense trying to dominate faith, which Oswald Chambers says is rationalism. We must learn that we will never "know" until AFTER the act of faith. Unseen things can never be rationalized before faith. It is faith that gives them substance, faith that proves them as reality (Heb. 11:1). But we will never realize the reality of God in the moment unless we go through that moment, sight unseen.