YL leaders, walking by faith, obeying God

 It was by faith that Abraham obeyed when God called him to leave home and go to another land that God would give him as his inheritance.  He went without knowing where he was going. 

Hebrews 11:8 (NLT)

To be honest, this holiday season was really difficult for me.  Trying to create new traditions as newlyweds and merging our two cultures needs some more work.  A video chat with family is just not the same as being there.  These are challenges that I knew I was going to face but they became much more real over the last few weeks.  Then there is the yearly evaluation, looking over everything that you did (or didn't) do in the last year before setting new goals to reach in the next.  I have never been very big on writing New Year's resolutions but part of our meeting in YL leadership included sitting down and writing out personal goals for 2015.  Immediately, I felt overwhelmed.  I still don't know exactly what my days are supposed to look like.  I'm still unsure of my specific role in Young Life Ecuador.  We've been married for 7 months now (I know, crazy, where has the time gone?!?) and I'm still a disaster in the kitchen.  I was supposed to be the new Betty Crocker by now.  While everyone else fervently wrote on their paper what they hoped to accomplish in 2015, my hand was still and my mind blank.  The challenge is to not just write what I want to accomplish but to ask of God, how can I be a part of what YOU are doing?  Hearing the call of God is not the hardest part.  The hardest part is obeying.    Remember Jonah?  He knew exactly what he was supposed to do and walked in complete disobedience. 

"You do not know what you are going to do; the only thing you know is that God knows what He is doing...God does not tell you what He is going to do; He reveals to you who He is.   -My Utmost for His Highest

God revealed to Jonah that He was the Almighty, ruler over all the Earth, and sovereign.  Abraham obeyed and God proved to be faithful.  I have a choice to either be like Jonah or like Abraham.  Will I hear God's call and try to reroute or will I walk by faith and obey?  I want to rest in the truth that God knows what He is doing. 

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