As we continue drawing closer to God, asking Him to order our lives, we just might come face to face with a wall we hadn't expected.
We've made a commitment to try to please God and to avoid sin. We meant it when we said "God, I want to be totally Yours." Perhaps we've prayed something along the lines of: "God I abandon myself to You completely. Let me live as You wish, not as I want. Do with me whatever You will......"
"Do with me whatever You will." Most of us, when saying this, will get at least a twinge of fear. A touch of the what-ifs. It's natural to feel this way. It is part of being human. Thoughts tumble across our paths, sometimes like pebbles, sometimes with the force of a rockslide. I want God to do with me whatever He wishes. However,
What if He gives me a cross I can't bear?
What if He calls me to go evangelize on the other side of the earth?
And of course I could list many more, but we all know them. What I am asked to do now is go forward in spite of anxieties, not letting fear of "what God will ask of me" throw up a wall that blocks my path. I cannot go on my own, nor do I have to.
Jesus is the Way through the wall of what-ifs. Going forward, I take His hand....
"If you live according to My teaching, you are truly My disciples: then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free." (John 8:31-32)
"O Most High, when I begin to fear, in You will I trust. In God, in whose promise I glory, in God I trust without fear; what can flesh do to me?" (Psalm 56:3-5)
"Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will direct your paths." (Proverbs 3:5-6)
"Only goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord forever." (Psalm 23:6)
"Dismiss all anxiety from your minds. Present your needs to God in every form of prayer and in petitions full of gratitude. Then God's own peace, which is beyond all understanding, will stand guard over your hearts and minds, in Christ Jesus." (Philippians 4:6-7)
This is part of a 'mini-series' of posts on walls. To continue in chronological order, click here.
