PRAYER FOR THE JOURNEY OF FAITH
Call to me and I will answer you, and will tell you great and hidden things that you have not known. Jeremiah 33:3
Hidden things ~ What is inaccessible – accessible. Disclose.
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Lord, have I done a courageous thing? A wonderful thing in Your eyes? I heard Your voice, I felt the allure of Your call, and I came out of hiding to follow You into unchartered territory. I came to the threshold of safety, looked behind to the familiar, looked ahead into the dark, and then abandoned myself to the unknown. You have promised that my trust in You will be rewarded. How I hope that my faith tugs at Your heart today.
I am affirming again that I trust You. I will not look back at some of the bridges that were burned as I crossed over into unchartered territory. I obeyed You and You burned them. But in a weak moment, I see a few bridges that are left. I could go back to where it feels safe and I will admit that this is a great temptation. But I know the cost. To go where it is familiar, I must let go of Your hand.
Please don’t allow it, Lord. Close the door to the past. Cause your holy fire to consume the lock and disfigure the metal. Should I falter and insert my old key into the lock, may it no longer work in the mechanism. I want to stay here with you, in the land of faith, in the purposes to which You called me before I was even born. I am adapting to a new way of life. The truths are awkward and the rhetoric is strange on my tongue. But as I rehearse them, I know I am making them mine.
I do not know all that You are planning. I could fear but I choose faith. When I could faint, I speak Your promises. When it’s dark and feels like the end, I know You are still carving out a new road. Your plans for me are good. You said, “Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.” In this, Lord, You excel. You are my God and there is none other. Amen
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Originally published Friday, 23 August 2024.
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