Faith

Palm Sunday, April 9: Now the Lord said to Abram, ‘Go from your country and your kindred and your father’s house to the land that I will show you. I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you, and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and the one who curses you I will curse; and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.’

So Abram went, as the Lord had told him;

Genesis 12:1-4a

This is a verse from the bible that I can truly relate to. God is calling us all to do something in our lives just like he called Abram. The last verse says simply, “So Abram went, as the Lord had told him.” It says nothing about Abram asked why or what he was going to do once he got there or where exactly it was he was going. Abram stepped out in faith, knowing that God knew what He was doing, and went.

I wish I were as obedient as Abram was! Like I said I can really relate to this verse because I have felt a definite calling from God in the past but unlike Abram, I did not just go. When I first felt a calling from God to do missions work I ignored it. I got a 9-5 job and went on with my business. However God had a different plan for me. He kept saying to me this is not what you are supposed to be doing and would constantly bring me to the Global Missions website. About a week before the deadline for Global Mission applications were due I finally gave in to God’s calling and said ok God I will fill out this application and if this is what I’m really supposed to be doing I will go. I think God must have done a happy dance up in heaven because after months and months of knowing this is what God wanted me to do I finally said ok God I will do it. Before saying yes though I had to weigh all my options and think about what effects it would have on my life and what people would say and think about if I could really handle it when in reality I should have just trusted God like Abram and said YES right away.

Now I am at a point where my work in England is coming to an end in just a few months time and I am wondering what will God have me doing next. I long ago forgot about worrying and put my trust in God knowing that he will lead me and give me the opportunities I am meant to have. It is probably the hardest thing I could have come to realize in life and I hope that whatever it may be I can say yes right away without asking questions. God will bless us in whatever we do as long as we stick with Him and say yes when he calls us. We can only ignore His nagging for so long!

Dear Lord, Help us to recognize when you are calling us. Give us the courage to say YES right away and not ask questions. Bless us in all we do and help us to be a blessing to the people around us.

Amen

Kristin Morton

Kristin@yagm.us