2 Corinthians 5:7 "For we live by believing and not by seeing."
Sometimes, all the unknown of my future overwhelms me.
Sometimes, I just want to know what my life will look like next year, next month, or even just tomorrow.
As scary and maddening as it can be, that's exactly what makes it the exciting and intimate journey that it is.
The phrase (and top hit song by Jordin Sparks) "One step at a time" has become so real to me.
As I have no clue where money, resources, answers, specific plans, or honestly anything will come from, I have no reason not to believe God knows every single detail that I don't. I'm learning that THIS IS FAITH.
It is God whispering the question, "Will you still take the next step even if you can't see it in front of you?"
It's walking on water. It's walking upon the impossible trusting that God will somehow make it possible the moment your foot hits it.
I see my journey here on earth as a staircase.
If I decide to build up my own stairs like the the people did in Genesis 11, it will lead to chaos-- to failure. The staircase God asks us to walk up towards heaven can't be seen or touched. It's invisible. Yet it's more certain than any concrete stairs we build ourselves, because it's built by the only one who IS unchanging. (Hebrews 13:8)
With each step in front of us, He doesn't promise any answer of what the step will be made of, how it will feel, or what it will look like; He only promises it will be there... And that HE will walk upon it beside us.
One day, my feet will approach the last step... The step off of earth and into heaven forever.
The stairs between here and there are unknown. But they are known by the author and designer of the staircase. And that's all I need to know.
Hebrews 11:1 "Faith is the confidence that what we hope for will actually happen; it gives assurance about things we cannot see."
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