BETWEEN SUNDAYS

For example:

1.  Faith is confrontational. It challenges our desire for guarantees and exposes our dependence on outcomes. God often asks us to obey without explanation because the goal is never about completing a task; it’s becoming more like Jesus — the obedient Son. Every step of obedience is about who we become as we learn to trust His voice more than our fears.

2.  Every act of obedience will be misunderstood by someone. But when God speaks, our obedience isn’t up for public vote. “What if?” isn’t the language of Jesus People. The answer to every “what if?” is simple: God told me to.

3.  Obedience is the slow death of our need for control. God rarely shows us the whole map, because control and trust can’t coexist. When we insist on certainty, we delay formation. And when we surrender our demand to know how, when, or why, we step into the kind of obedience Heaven recognizes…and endorses.

“God doesn’t give us all the light we want. He gives us the light we need — just enough to take the next step.” - Elisabeth Elliot

For example:

“By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out… not knowing where he was going.”

— Hebrews 11:18

“Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight.”

— Proverbs 3:5-6

For Example:

Ask yourself:

What act of obedience have I been resisting because it doesn’t make sense yet?

This week, identify one area where obedience feels risky, and respond anyway. Let your “yes” be shaped more by God’s word than by the opinions of others…or your own reasons. Write it down. Speak it out loud. And take the next step…simply because God said so. He’s looking for faith-filled sons and daughters who don’t need a map, because maps imply someone’s been there before. He’s wanting to take us to places “eye has not seen…”