I’m in an interesting season of life. For the past few months I’ve found myself relating closely to Abraham, as found in the early parts of Genesis, in the Bible.
In Genesis chapter 12 we read, as a part of God’s call on Abraham’s life, the call to get up and go.
“GOD told Abram: “Leave your country, your family, and your father’s home for a land that I will show you.” Gen. 12:1
This call to go comes before the promises God gave Abraham of blessing, provision, and fruitfulness.
And it’s important to note that this call to go does not come with a defined destination, but instead, a kind of open-endedness that required Abraham to remain attentive to the ongoing leading of God.
Get up, go!
It sounds exciting! Adventurous! And I’ve experienced similar seasons of life where I felt those very things.
But in the past the “destination” always tended to present itself rather quickly. The “risks” felt smaller, and to a degree, more controllable.
This time around, however, the destination remains hidden. The risks feel much bigger. And the timetable seems infinitely extended…
And yet, the God who has called me to “get up and go,” is the same God who has called me to do so before. He is the same God that has provided for me and my family during similar seasons – and he is doing the same again.
Even though I have experienced the blessings, provision, and faithfulness of God during similar seasons of transition in the past, it doesn’t make this time around any less challenging. Everyday feels like a tug-of-war within – between the peace and assurance of God’s past activity and the fear and frustration of having many more questions than answers in the present.
And this, I’m finding, is the life of faith. Stepping into the unknown with trust and hope in the God who calls – Get up, go! Believing that the Lord will illuminate the right next step as it is needed. Trying to be patient, to wait on the Lord, and to not attempt to force or fashion things into my own desire or timing.
So… While I wait for answers regarding “what’s next,” I try to live faithfully into what I know I’ve been called to do – get up and go.
Have you been there? Can you relate?
What do you find the most challenging when put in position to walk in faith?
