Taking A Leap Of Faith
“What is faith? It is the confident assurance that what we hope for is going to happen. It is the evidence of things we cannot yet see.”
(Hebrews 11:1)
Faith is the conviction based on past experience that God’s new and fresh surprises will surely be ours. (Notes to Hebrews 11:1 in the Life Application Study Bible).
With my marriage breakup, decisions forced themselves upon me for which I didn’t feel ready. The most pressing need became whether to sell or keep the farm. Since all five children lived out of province, it seemed silly to hang onto an eight-room house on acreage. Besides, all the work in upkeep was getting to me.
Yet, uprooting 26 years of living in one place seemed an insurmountable task. All the stuff to sort through! What do you dispose of and what do you keep? Leaving trusted neighbors behind, friends whom I’d come to depend on. Choosing another home– I had a hard time choosing a new pair of shoes– how could I make a decision of such importance? Starting all over again in a new place. It was all so overwhelming.
During that daunting time I clung to promises of? God’s goodness and faithfulness. He had seen me through other difficult days and he would do it again. One day at a time. One step at a time.
Seven years have passed since that time.? Now, looking back, I marvel at how beautifully God has led me to another place that feels like home.
Are you facing a transition in your life? Something that seems way over your head?
Then think of this promise: when you have come to the edge of all the light that you know, and you are about to step off into the darkness of the unknown; faith is knowing that one of two things will happen: there will be something solid to stand on or you will be taught to fly.
~Father, I don’t know what to do. Please guide me to make the right choices. Show me what my next step is. I want to follow you closely. Thank you that I can depend on you to lead me into the right path.
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