I think sometimes in life it is easy to stay in our comfort zone, to not act because standing still seems safer. We stay still because we are afraid of the unknown. We are afraid of making a mistake. We are afraid of looking stupid. We are afraid of failure.
We are afraid to trust God.
Because he gives us the choice. In fact, in any potential leap of faith there are usually three important choices along the way. All three require trust.
First, we have to make the choice to listen. We will never hear the call to action if we don’t take the time to be quiet and just listen to what God might be telling us. In my own prayer time, as in much of life, I generally like to be the one in control. I have a list of prayer requests I need to address, and agenda for exactly how I’d like my devotion session to go. But every once in a while I actually manage to Just. Stop. Talking. And I listen. And those are the moments where God is waiting to speak.
Second, we have to make the choice to obey. When that whisper, that nudge, that deep conviction appears, we can’t push it away. Our temptation is to argue, or to ignore it, or to tell ourselves we are crazy, that the whisper isn’t real. But we know, deep down, that we have been called to obey.
And so we must say yes.
Yes without knowing what may happen. Yes without necessarily having any actions steps in place. Yes to the plans that he has for us.
Finally, we have to make the choice to follow through. This is where the rubber meets the road. We can’t just say yes and keep standing there. There comes a moment where we have to close our eyes and jump and just trust God. To let go of the notion that we are in control and instead open ourselves up to all the possibility that comes ahead. We have to keep going, even when we feel like quitting, and trust that he who begins a good work in us will always, always see it through to completion.
Read more at http://www.livingwellspendingless.com/2014/07/25/leap-of-faith/#IrP2fEA8iWrbwpc8.99 - Ruth Soukup
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