When He Calls Us to the Unknown
It used to be that I never felt I was truly home. The Scriptures speaking of our souls belonging to another Kingdom resonated deeply, and they still do.
But it took a journey to Canada two years ago and living on an island the size of a city block to etch the truth into my soul - that "the Most High is [my] dwelling place".
Since then, I've found home to be in a thousand places.
It turns out, the place where you belong is wherever He tells you to go.
This is how we live as sojourners - we go where He sends, no matter how frightened we may be of the outcome. Scared senseless, we step out. What if God's call on your life is the path that terrifies you the most!? Home is wherever His purposes collide with our passions.
This is something that will look different for everyone. We have each been given unique roles to play in the Kingdom's story.
So what will we do? Will we choose to trust in God's call on our lives, believing that He will uphold it and empower us for what He has called us to? Will we identify with our new citizenship and dare to hold tight to He who is our Home in all places, all circumstances, despite all our greatest fears?
He has chosen us to be His people. Will we deny the grace we are heirs of? He told Moses to etch onto the stone tablets "you shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain". Maybe this isn't just about swearing? Maybe He wants us to seriously consider whether or not we should call ourselves by His name - as those who belong to and in Christ if we are ignoring His call on our lives.
And so I would ask you, dear reader - if you belong to Christ, if you belong in Christ, if He has asked you to do something which is beyond your level of comfort...
What will you do about it?
But it took a journey to Canada two years ago and living on an island the size of a city block to etch the truth into my soul - that "the Most High is [my] dwelling place".
Since then, I've found home to be in a thousand places.
It turns out, the place where you belong is wherever He tells you to go.
This is how we live as sojourners - we go where He sends, no matter how frightened we may be of the outcome. Scared senseless, we step out. What if God's call on your life is the path that terrifies you the most!? Home is wherever His purposes collide with our passions.
This is something that will look different for everyone. We have each been given unique roles to play in the Kingdom's story.
So what will we do? Will we choose to trust in God's call on our lives, believing that He will uphold it and empower us for what He has called us to? Will we identify with our new citizenship and dare to hold tight to He who is our Home in all places, all circumstances, despite all our greatest fears?
He has chosen us to be His people. Will we deny the grace we are heirs of? He told Moses to etch onto the stone tablets "you shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain". Maybe this isn't just about swearing? Maybe He wants us to seriously consider whether or not we should call ourselves by His name - as those who belong to and in Christ if we are ignoring His call on our lives.
And so I would ask you, dear reader - if you belong to Christ, if you belong in Christ, if He has asked you to do something which is beyond your level of comfort...
What will you do about it?
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