“You can only go where He tells you to go today.”

A thought by Steven Furtick, (2012-09-04) from his book, Greater: Dream Bigger. Start Smaller. Ignite God's Vision for Your Life. (p. 43). The Doubleday Religious Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.

I really haven’t had a problem with this until I have retired and I have tended to become a worrier about my future. And I don’t like it and that is why I find this thought to be a good reminder that depending on God is the key to life no matter the age.

I can make some goals for tomorrow, strive to save money for when Margaret may retire but I am in no way in control of my future even though I want to be. What I’m in control of is who I’m going to trust for my future and if I will be obedient in a moment’s notice to where He leads.

Steven says, “He will be faithful to His end of the bargain. He’ll do the showing if you will do the going. You can’t think too far ahead about where you’ll end up…the simple, uncomplicated word go is not the Father’s plan to disorient you but His attempt to develop you. It’s an imperative born out of compassion, not out of cruelty. This is God’s method of teaching us to draw near to Him. And in that process, we receive so much more than just good instructions. We experience deeper intimacy with God Himself.”

So security down the road is not the key but obedience in each day is the key to living this life He has given us to live.

I am reading in Jeremiah right now of how God specifically told Jeremiah over and over what He wanted him to tell specific people. He then told them what they were to do and what would happen if they didn’t and over and over they didn’t like what God said and over and over they got what God said would happen when they didn't do what He said. Such a frustrating story to read but it is so easy for us to do the same thing and believe we know best and then wonder why things happen the way they do.

It is all build upon who we trust. Steven also says, “If you’re going to walk by faith and trust in your Father and if you’re going to see your life set free from the tyranny of the ordinary, you’re going to have to learn how to obey a God who doesn’t do details. But as you obey, you’ll be placing the results in the hands of a God who knows every detail and who has a contingency for every circumstance you’ll ever face.”

That is who I am going to put my trust in.

So who are you going to trust?

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