And then I wondered why...
If I had things my way – there would be a step-by-step plan lying on my desk instructing me exactly how I was going to accomplish the Lord’s plans for my life. It would be coloured with detail about the job I would have, the man I would marry and the children I would raise and it would dictate exactly how this would be accomplished.
But that’s just not how it is.
You would be strapped to find someone who would declare with certainty that they know the will of God for the next decade. More often – those who follow Him do so on a daily basis – seeking to hear His voice and follow in His footsteps as He gently guides us along our unique and perfect paths.
Often it’s hard. We don’t know where our steps today will lead us to tomorrow.
But we follow in faith.
And I think there’s phenomenal wisdom in this day-by-day revelation.
See, I often wonder if Agnes Bojaxhiu, at the age of 13, had been told that she would leave behind family and friends and spend her life in the streets of Calcutta feeding those she described as the poor and destitute– would she have endured? Would she have continued to follow? Or would she have run in the opposite direction as quickly and as far as she could have?
If Karol Wojtyla had been told when he was 15 years of age that he would one day be the leader of the Catholic Church on this Earth, that he would be shot in St. Peter’s square and later forgive the man who put a bullet through his chest – would he have remained faithful? Or would he have sought another path for his life?
The Lord reveals His plans on His watch.
Knowing that before He does – He will prove Himself faithful and give us permission to trust Him.
Yes, as we take risks and put ourselves on the line – the Lord assures us that He is worthy.
And it is with this assurance, that we are able to trust more. To risk more.
To forsake all else, which has repeatedly disappointed, and pursue the One who never fails.
Our Father doesn’t ask for foolish abandon before assuring us that He is worthy of our lives.
