Divine Direction by Craig Groeschel

Author:Craig Groeschel
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Zondervan
Published: 2017-01-16T05:00:00+00:00

4.7 Faith Forward

Why are those steps of faith so hard, especially at first? Why is it that so many of us don’t go, even when we think we’re supposed to? Even though we’re Christians, and we’re seeking God and asking his Spirit to guide us, and we feel something deep inside us that’s leading us to go and we earnestly believe it’s him—what is it that keeps us from going? I can’t speak for you. But for me, when that happens, it’s because I’m afraid. I’m insecure. I’m not sure how it’s going to work out. I rationalize my way out of it, telling myself I can always do it later.

But those are just excuses. The bottom line is I don’t have faith. Here’s why that’s such a big problem: “Without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him” (Heb. 11:6). You want to please God. You believe he exists. You’ve been seeking him. You’ve asked for his direction. Now you need to apply faith! Take that step, make a change, move outside your comfort zone, risk failing and starting over, but exercise faith in the God who loves you so much he gave his Son for you.

Maybe you’re thinking, I just don’t think I have that kind of faith. I for sure don’t have the faith to finish something like what he’s calling me to. Then I have great news for you: you don’t have to have the faith to finish; you only have to have enough faith to start. You need only enough faith for one step: that very first one.

I can promise you, twenty years ago I didn’t have the faith to imagine what our church has become. I didn’t picture myself writing this book to you. The only thing I had enough faith for was to plug in our overhead projector and turn our four-fingered flipper free. That’s all I had the faith to do.

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