Further

For me, deeper discipleship (that is, God-following that’s one step deeper than my current reality) is scary.

Mostly, it’s scary because I haven’t been there. It’s scary because I don’t know exactly what would happen if I _____________ (gave/committed/sold/confessed/sacrificed/reached out/etc.). I don’t know because I’ve never been there.

That’s why I couldn’t help underlining this statement today from Moses to Israel in Deuteronomy 1: “The LORD your God who goes before you will himself fight for you.” I love that—”God who goes before you.”

What a powerful truth: God is wherever I’m afraid to go.

The next level of discipleship is not a frightening abyss; it’s a light-filled, God-inhabited, pre-scouted trail. And it’s certainly not dangerous. If anything’s dangerous, it’s not going to where God is.

So here’s to next steps, and to taking those steps with the calm assurance that though I’m not sure what lies ahead, I know Who’s waiting for me there.

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P.S. For a fantastic post that will no doubt tempt you  (as it did me) into picking up Deuteronomy and feasting on its goodness, click here.