I just finishing reading the book Soulprint by Mark Batterson (and I do recommend it if you are interested). Anyway, the book basically looked at some defining moments of David’s life and how they impacted the moment he decided to stand before Goliath. This book put the nail in the coffin on what God has been stirring in me for over 15 years. Over the last 2 years I have prayed for God to do something in my life that people would only be able to say, “That is God at work.” I have been praying for God to lead me out of my own comfort. I don’t want to get to the end of this life and be able to explain all that the years contain by my own abilities. And, like I heard a pastor recently say, I also don’t want to stand before Jesus with a list of things I could have done.
Well, like my own pastor says, “Don’t pray to be moved out of your comfort zone if you don’t really want it.” In true form, God has responded. I see God positioning my family in a way that will allow Him to show off His faithfulness to us. I have already had moments were God has checked to see if I was really “all in” or if I was just interested in having a “sexy story” like those often told by immediate obedient followers of God. You can’t help but be attracted by the stories of great faith that some share. So, it has seemed that God has already taken the spiritual temperature of my commitment to His leading. Jennie (my wife) and I have spent hours taking inventory of our resolution to this journey and we have now found that it is time to put our faith where our mouths are. It is time to move from talking the talk to walking the walk.
Is this scary? Yes. Is this uncomfortable? Without a doubt! Do we know what is ahead? No, not clearly. Not beyond the immediate steps that we are being led to take. Claiming the Word for your self is obviously harder than believing it for someone else. But we are doing it. We are activating our faith. We are going to find confidence in the truth of God’s Word and our peace is going to be established in it.
The details…well, the manuscript is still being written. And it doesn’t affect the details of your story. Our unique Creator desires to unfold a personal plot of Supernatural proportion in your life. What really matters is that you take Him at His Word and put your faith where you mouth is. Is God asking you to start leading a ministry at your church? Is God leading you to stay where you are in spite of the circumstances that surround you? Is God leading you to do something that will cause people around you to question your sanity? Don’t put off what God is calling you to do and offend Him just because you are worried about offending others. You may even find the worst-case scenario that you are imagining is nothing like the God-sized scenario that He is waiting to accomplish. Move in God so that He can move through you.
“God, who called you, is faithful…” 1 Thessalonians 5:24.
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