I was thinking about some of the stories in the Old Testament today, as I drove to a birthday party. There was a song I was listening to and it was all about saying, where you lead I will follow. I told my mom, I wish I could say that to God. I will go where you want and do whatever you send me to do. Because I am human, there is a little bit of fear in fully surrendering in blind faith. There is hesitation to be ready to run. What do we have to fear? We don’t go alone?

I told her we say, I will go where you want and do what you want as long as it’s easy. We don’t want to step outside of our comfort zones. In this age we live, it’s gonna take that very thing to win the lost. I am working on being obedient and stepping out in faith. God honors boldness, look at David when he faced Goliath. He had to be a little bit scared. But he was brave and did it anyway. This is why I encourage my readers to be bold and brave. God honors the bold and the brave.

Then I thought about Jonah, God told him to go to Ninevah and preach. He didn’t want to go there because they were evil and wicked. (The kind of place he should have been excited to go and win the lost.) Instead, he went the opposite way. The story goes he got on a boat, in the opposite direction. A storm came and he was tossed overboard. A large fish swallowed him. He spent three days and nights in the belly of this fish. He repented and God allowed the fish to throw him up on dry land. He was all too happy to go to Ninevah once he had been through that experience.

He ended up doing what God ask of him in the first place. He just took the long road there. I don’t want to have to go the long way around, for not being obedient. Because I will end up where he wants anyway. I want to be obedient to his will. It should be our prayer, where you lead me I will follow. I will follow because I trust you, Lord.

Take a few minutes to think about where you stand. Are you ready to go where he sends you or do you need to take the long road? Have a great week, BE BOLD, BE BRAVE AND KEEP YOUR GOD FOCUS.

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