Everywhere I go lately it seems there is some story for me about Abraham. He just keeps coming up in the most unexpected places and all over the bible. Here I was just expecting to see him in the Old Testament, don’t get me wrong he was there too, in Genesis 22:1-18. But he was also in James 2:22, 1 Peter 3:6, and Hebrews 11:8.
I know a lot of people who are making changes in their lives and taking leaps of faith. Here I was thinking this is great, I will just refer them to Abraham; God is giving me words for others, how nifty. Well, I do think my words for others were encouraging for them, but I started to see that God was trying to tell ME something. He was saying “LEANNE I WANT YOU TO LOOK AT ABRAHAM”S LIFE! Apparently he literally had to scream it at me because I wasn’t really getting that.
I still have more to process through on this subject, my thoughts are a bit scattered or more of the same, but here are some things I have learned so far:
-Sometimes, God only reveals one step of the plan at a time and that you may have to walk in obedience before he will give you anymore. (Hebrew 11:8)
-God wants to be my friend. (James 2:23)
-Sometimes, God calls us to act in faith with our actions. God called me to The World Race and I am walking out in faith and obedience.
-My faith has been increasing since August, I think God is working on my faith now during the next 8 months pre-race, but I also think God is going to dive deep into my roots on my 11 month journey.
– There are tests. Abraham was willing to sacrifice his own son because God asked him to.
-That’s all I have so far.
God is doing something in my life right now and I am not completely sure what, I just keep trying to trust him. For the first time in my life I am surrendering my control. I have had my whole life planned out since I was like 8, I wanted to teach special needs kids, I wanted a dream wedding, I wanted a loving husband, I wanted 4 kids, I wanted to be the 7th Heaven mom and I wanted all this before 26. When you are 8, 26 seems very old. Now I look at my future and all I see is a blank slate, I don’t know where I am going next. There is today and then there is tomorrow. I am focusing on today and letting God worry about my tomorrow, besides 26 doesn’t seem that old anymore.
