Worry always concerns things that might happen in
the future. You don’t need to know everything about your
future. You only need to know where and
when to take the next step.
I hated being in second grade, so I asked my
father why I had to go to school. He explained, “So you can get to third grade,
and then fourth grade, and then later to high school, then college, and then
you’ll get a job to support your family.”
That was NOT what I needed to hear! I
was just trying to get through the next day at school, and now my dad was adding
even more burdens on me for years to come. It was too much information for me to
handle.
That’s why Jesus
told His disciples, “I have many more things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now” (John
16:12). To make life easier, He would reveal things to them a little bit at a
time—as they needed to know it. God leads us one step at a time. Psalm 119:105
says, “Your word is a lamp
to my feet and a light to my path.” God gives enough
light to your feet to take the next step. The light keeps moving with you
as you take each step, which lights the path to your destination.
After the prophet Elijah stopped the rain in
Israel, God led him to the brook Cherith. After the brook dried up, God told
him to take the next step—go to Zarephath (1 Kings 17:1-9). The Lord
didn’t speak to him about taking the next step until Elijah needed to know it.
When Joshua was leading the people into the
Promised Land, they wondered how they could cross the Jordan River. God told
Joshua to tell the priests, who were carrying the Ark of the Covenant, when to
take the next step. When the priests arrived at the Jordan and took the
next step into the river, the waters parted for them to cross over (Joshua
3:8-4:18).
God isn’t going to reveal everything that will happen in your
future, but if you will seek Him, He will tell you when to take the next step.
It’s called walking by faith (2 Cor. 5:7). www.kentcrockett.blogspot.com www.makinglifecount.net
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from fear and worry, read The
Sure Cure for Worry
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