The Next Right Thing
Hello Friends,
If you're anything like me — and don't worry, you don't have to be; it can be exhausting — you may find yourself paralyzed by life's many decisions simply because you don't have every step mapped out.
Maybe it's a home project. Maybe it's a job opportunity. Maybe it's your spiritual formation, or a relationship that needs attention. Whatever the situation, we often want the full blueprint when God is only offering us the next right step. So instead of moving, we wait.
Think of Abraham, who was told to pack up and go — before he knew where he was going (Genesis 12:1). Or Peter and Andrew, who left the family business to follow Jesus without being told where that would lead or what it would cost them (Matthew 4:19). They weren't given all the steps. Just the first one. That's true for many of us today.
You have an idea, and something inside you keeps whispering, This might be God. You have a dream, and the wise people around you are saying, Give it a try. Take the risk. And that's it — just an idea to launch from and a handful of people in your corner.
So why not take the step?
Two things I've learned about God when it comes to risks like these:
- Not every risk ends in success — and that's okay. Even some of the risks we know He called us to don't turn out the way we hoped. But the lessons we learn along the way, even in failure, become stepping stones into the next thing He has for us.
- Whether in victory or defeat, He never leaves our side. He isn't asking for a guaranteed outcome. He's asking for small steps of obedience from hearts that are learning to trust Him with more.
So — what is your next right step? Let's be a people willing to take it, even when the full plan isn't laid out. Because when we do, we get a front-row seat to God's faithfulness through every endeavor.
Cris Buck
Executive Pastor