The Unknown
And he said to him, “If your presence will not go with me, do not bring us up from here. Exodus 33:15, AMP
In the passage above Moses says to God, “If your presence is not going with me then, I’m not going.” God had given Moses the assignment to lead the people of Israel out of Egypt and into the promise land. Moses was saying to God, “I will go if you go with me. But if you are not going, I am staying put.”
When God gives us an assignment, the unknown is always present! What stops many from moving forward is the fear of the unknown. To walk in the unknown means we have to shift. We shake when we are afraid of the shift and we are afraid of the shift because of the unknown. We have to become more confident in the one who is leading us into the unknown.
We must remember that God is in control of everything and what he has called us to he will not leave us. Actually the assignment is an invitation to come closer to God. If we just look at some of the patriarchs in the Bible we will see how each individual who moved in the unknown grew closer to God. Look at Gideon in Judges 6. When God sent the angel to him, the angel called Gideon the mighty warrior and told him to deliver Israel out of the Median’s hand. Gideon said, “How can I save Israel? My clan is the weakest, and I am the least in my family.”
God had called Gideon to the unknown and Gideon was looking at what he knew. But Gideon said, “Yes” to the Lord and God gave him victory. We learn that his relationship and faith grew in trusting God. If you read further in the book of Judges, you will see that Gideon had 32,000 men to march with him to defeat the Midianites. But God had him reduce the army to 300 men. God wanted all of Israel to know that it was him who delivered them out of the hand of their enemies.
In every assignment that God calls us to it will require courage and a deeper relationship with him. Just like Peter learned that walking on water requires keeping your eyes on Jesus. So each of us will need to do the same thing. Stepping out into the unknown is walking hand in hand into a deeper relationship with our Father! Hallelujah! He loves us so much that he invites us to walk closer with him!
Key points:
Shifting requires trust.
The unknown is an invitation to a deeper relationship with our Father
The unknown increases your faith.
Affirmations: Matthew 10:20; Luke 24:32; Ephesians 6:19, Isaiah 55:11
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