Billboards and Safety Nets

I was mentioning to a friend of mine the other day that during times of indecision about God's will for a situation, I wish He would send a giant billboard, or a smack in the head or a loud booming voice that says "Scott, do this!" It was then I realized how selfish, lazy and faithless that was of me. Obviously, God can do whatever He wants and could do those things for me without even a blink of an eye (how scary would that be?). However, the Bible says that we are to live by faith not by sight (2 Corinthians 5:7). How little faith do I have that I cannot trust God will guide me through that "still small voice"? That feeling inside. That peace you feel when a God-approved decision has been made.

I realized that while I have a measure of faith, I still need more and like any muscle that needs to be stronger, I have to exercise whatever measure of faith I have in order to make it bigger. God places situations in our lives that He knows will require us to make that risky decision, that leap of faith so to speak. It is during those times that God provides the safety net for our jump. Will we fall on our faces? Maybe, but I firmly believe that if we are in the will of God, our plans will mirror His and His plans always succeed. If we do fail, God will be there to pick us up, dust us off and tell us He is proud we took the risk while relying solely on Him.

We need to realize that the very act of jumping into the unknown (starting that ministry, reaching out to that person you've hurt, quitting a lucrative but detrimental job) shows that we trust our Savior and Creator to stand by His words to "never forsake" us.

Stepping out in faith is a form of worship. We worship God by showing Him we trust him and we are willing to go beyond what we (and the world around us) think is smart. To go "all in" for God is the most scary and rewarding thing we can do as Christians.

I am not there yet, but ultimately I want to be able to say with conviction that I am willing to go wherever, whenever to do whatever God wants me to do, no matter how crazy or irresponsible it seems.