Go in Faith

Sorry, I didn't get around to posting last week- I moved. It's crazy and I sometimes feel like I've moved into a different dimension since there's not one corn or bean field in view of my current address, but it's only for a couple a months so I'm sure I'll survive. Actually, I'm more afraid that I might actually start to like this city life. It was kind of a last minute thing. Out of how many applications/resumes for internships I have floating around out there in the industry, until the last week-ish of school, I hadn't heard back from any business. God and I had more than one chat about what He wanted me to do this summer, then I recieved my sign: I heard back from a company.

It happened so fast! In two and half weeks my bags were being packed and I was driving 400some miles and a lifestyle away from my comfortable and normal. Although the two are far from being related, I couldn't help but think of the story in Matthew when God told Joseph to get up and go. He immediately got up, took his family and fled to a different country just because God told him through an angel, to do so in a dream. No hesitation. Just trust and faith in God. Well, first off, how often does God talk to us and we hear Him? Let alone actually following His desires. Plenty of things He desires us to do are laid out for us in a book, but often we fall short of acheiving the goals He has set for us.

Taking a leap of faith like Joseph did though, is almost impossible! I mean, it would be like standing on the edge of something and hearing God say, "Go. Jump." It's the unknown. You have no idea what exactly you're getting into or what the result will be, but because God has asked you to do it, you trust Him. Wholly. Totally. You're basically flying blind, but still have complete trust in God that this leap won't end in total disaster. However it is more common for us to do what is natural and what is comfortable, rather than when God is telling us to do just the opposite.

"Christ came to make the comfortable, uncomfortable." -Matthew Kelly. We're faced with choices everyday that put us on the edge: do I jump and speak out against a nasty comment someone makes or do I sit quietly and let the moment pass because it's more normal, more comfortable? Is God trying to tell me something and I'm ignoring Him? God has led me this far, now do I jump and trust that He'll catch me? How much faith do you put in God when He's urging you to do something?

Love and warm wishes!