Live God Adventures

For a few months I’ve said it feels like I am standing at the start of a race ready to run just waiting on the person to pull the trigger, give the “go ahead”, for the light to turn green, to just RUN! I felt that way in my personal life as well as in my ministry life.

Multiple things occurred, there were (are) many opportunities and I felt a bit overwhelmed with what to do. Although, I already know what to do. Surrender.

I talk a lot about trusting the Lord, giving it all to Him, trusting Him with our every step and not putting God in a box. It’s much easier to speak that than it is to live it out.

In my mind I was standing at this starting line getting ready to run and when the light turned green I’d get every answer and just run ahead. Little did I know that God had other plans. Where would the trust be if I had every piece and every part of the plan?

“for we walk by faith, not by sight (living in a manner consistent with our confident belief in God’s promises)”

2 Corinthians 5:7 AMP

As the months went on, what it began to feel like was I was on this path, standing on a ledge, ready, waiting, needing to step out, but unable to see any step before me. Can you picture that? Scary, right? But again, we walk by faith, not by sight. Do I trust the Lord to provide for me? Do I trust Him to answer my prayer? Do I trust that His plans for me are good? Yes. Well, what’s the problem?

Our flesh becomes the problem. In my flesh I wanted to just curl up and hide under a blanket with chicken nuggets and not come out (hah!). Live in my safe, every day comfort zone. But how would that glorify God? It wouldn’t.

I know I’m not alone in this, feeling like I need to take a step, need to make a move, need to be doing something and like I’m just not getting an answer. I’m not seeing the result that I thought I would. Trusting the Lord but it not looking the way I expected. — There are a lot of “I’s” in there.

Last week I wrote about Psalm 103.

“With my whole heart, with my whole life, and with my innermost being, I bow in wonder and love before you, the Holy God.”

Psalm 103:1

If this is our prayer, if this is true and we bow before Him then we don’t need the whole picture, the whole plan, the whole answer in this moment. We just need to trust Him.

Will we step out in faith.

Will we put out foot out, prepare to step onto a ground that we can’t even see, trusting that He has us? Trusting that when our foot reaches the point of contact He will be there? That the plan and foundation will be revealed to us in His perfect timing? That He will guide us and lead us? How do we trust those things? How do we get to that intimacy with God and know Him in this way?

Daily walk and talk with Him. Spend time in prayer, reading your Bible and worship. Get to know Him. Get in the Word and know His character and His plans for you. Walk out your faith daily.

Journal Prompts:

1. Write down things that are weighing heavy on your right now, things you need answers about and prayer requests. Then spend some time with the Lord praying about these things and surrendering them to Him. Now comes the hard part. Leave them there. Stop worrying about then and letting them flood your thoughts constantly. Leave them with Him and trust Him to provide.
2. Write down Philippians 4:6-7 on an index card or piece of paper, make the scripture your lock screen or do all of these things. Get this scripture in your spirit and when these thoughts come or worry tries to creep in, speak this verse over your life and give it to Him.