Taking A Leap Of Faith
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“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.
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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.
Questions: Are you facing a transition in your life and you just feel totally overwhelmed? Have you asked God for guidance?
About the Author Helen Grace Lescheid
At the moment I am in recouperation from rotator cuff surgery. Once I complete the 5 months of physio I will be totally as healthy as I can be. What I am facing is when I am capable to ‘get out there’, what will I be called to do for the Lord? And will I be spiritually strong enough? I don’t doubt the Lord, why am I doubting myself? What I am feeling is along the same lines as going out for that very first job interview–nervous, and un-sure of my confidence. Oh, I’m also scheduled in a few days for a bladder procedure. The recouperation is about a week and I know that the Lord will be guiding this surgeon’s hand as He had done with the previous.
Thank you for this. I am struggling with this now, with budget cuts in nyc/ job changes, etc. To be honest, I am struggling a bit in this job, yet am thankful God placed me here. I pray God guides me with what I should do about this job, or staying in nyc teaching. May God continue to convict us. Thanks.
How is it that God always seems to know what it is i need to hear and when i need to hear it?
He truly is amazing!
How timely is this article. My marriage ended 10 years ago. I was left with the house to finish raising the children. They are out of the house now. Things are beginning to fall into disrepair and I’m like Helen and find it hard to decide about anything. I have a refuge in my kitchen and out on my rotting back deck…where I can sit and have my devotions and coffee on the weekends and am surrounded by woods. I get depressed trying to clean up anything. This is a hard time for me in life and can’t seemed to accomplish the simplest things. Working several jobs full and part time make me exhausted at the end of the day. It’s been an escape from life, yet essential to pay the bills. I just came back from lunch with my Christian coworkers who have been encouraging me as I struggle to make decisions. This devotional is speaking to me because I know I need to leave the burden of this house; but I always wanted my children to be able to bring their grandchildren to the home they grew up in. It is a time of transition and I am most definitely overwhelmed. God has taken care of me and I can hear His voice in this devotional. Thank you Helen…
Thank you for this devotional. I am in transition in life, a very difficult time. My husband and I were married only a week before he announced he didn’t love me or want me. That was 8 months ago and since then he left me twice and I haven’t seen him for over 4 months. He left me 5 weeks pregnant. Now I face raising this child alone and am asking for healing for my broken heart after I had been waiting 36 years to get married. I never got the pleasure of knowing real marriage. I pray for God’s guidance as I am about to give birth in a few months and must work and find housing. I know the Lord is good and I hold onto His promises and the work He has already done in my life. Praise you Lord Jesus!
I needed to have a little faith today, so this was a refreshing reminder. Another devotional that spoke directly to me personally. Thank you.