Abe, Noah, Moses and You

Rise and shine. You’ve just opened your eyes to a new day. Before your feet ever hit the floor, you’re making your first decision. Whose plan are you following this day…God's plan or yours? Will you be faithful or faithless? Do you cling to the predictable and familiar, doubting that God can lead you, or are you courageous enough to ask God to order your steps— and follow?

The Creator often calls his followers on a journey that takes them beyond the limits of their sight.

Perhaps God is asking you to do something, but you're too afraid to do it. Maybe you feel you lack the talent, time or finances. Maybe you think someone else can do it better. Perhaps this calling will require a leap of faith.

Following God by faith is one of the most challenging things we can do. We're trusting in a Being we cannot physically see to lead us down an anonymous path. Faith requires trust. Conviction and confidence chase trust. Obedience follows.

“Faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see.” Hebrews 11:1-2

• God asked a 600 year old man to build a boat 1 ½ football fields long. In faith, Noah built this monstrosity because God asked him to do so. Because of his obedience, his family was saved…and roaches, snakes, mosquitoes and cats.

• God called Abraham to leave his home and everything familiar to him. He obeyed even though he had no earthly idea where he was heading. Because of his blind faith, God says that we continue to be recipients of blessing…even to this day.

• God told Abraham that he would have a child….around his 100th birthday. Great, they could share diapers and save money. As crazy as this sounds, he trusted his God…and had a child just as God promised.

• Moses gave plenty of excuses at first why he wasn’t the right man for the job. Even so, he followed God’s call and led nearly a million people out of slavery. God divided a sea 9,500 feet deep to allow Moses and his friends to pass through on dry land, swallowing up their pursuers behind them. Along the way through the desert, God rained bread from Heaven for food.

• A group of men were asked to leave their livelihoods, pack up and follow a man they did not know. A 3 year whirlwind followed. Their lives were forever changed because they believed enough to leave.

What is your faith quotient? Are you willing to follow your God simply because He asks you to? Do you have the faith to believe that He is who He says He is?

Chances are good that our God will not ask you to build an ark, blindly leave your familiar world, give birth to a baby at 100 years old, or lead millions through a desert. However, He may ask you to trust Him for that decision on the new job, house or relocation. He may ask you to trust Him with your finances. He may ask you to be a light in a dark world. Are you willing to give it over to God? You will be richly blessed for your faith.