October 19–Faith for One Step

It’s Friday and here we are at the end of another week. Yesterday, I was listening to Dr. Jeremiah speak about the helmet of salvation and it brought to mind those little camping headlamps. Have you ever worn one? We used them a lot in Mexico when there was no electricity. We also always took them camping. (I like them for reading in the dark.) The point is, they are great for seeing about 2 ft in front of you but not much further. Sometimes in the dead of the night, when it’s super dark where you’re camping, you might not want to venture one step because you can’t tell what’s out there—only what’s right in front of you. But if you take that first step, the light goes out a little further. Enough so that you can take another step. One more step and the light shines out further—the light is always just enough ahead of you to allow you to take one more step and you can get to where you need to be. 


That’s just how it is with the Spirit’s leading. We probably won’t be able to see the destination, but we will always be able to see what we need to for the next step. He leads us one step at a time and as we have the faith for one more step, the next step becomes obvious. 


That’s what faith is—following one step at a time without seeing farther ahead or knowing “why” or “ when” or “where” only knowing “who” we follow. 


“Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see...By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God’s command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible...By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, in holy fear built an ark to save his family...By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, even though he did not know where he was going.”

‭‭Hebrews‬ ‭11:1, 3, 7-8‬ ‭NIV‬‬


Dear Lord, help my faith be strong enough to believe in the things not seen, and like Abraham, if you call me to a place, help me to go even if you don’t reveal where that place may be. My flesh is weak, but your amazing grace has made our faith strong. Give me a heart that loves others enough to warn them of things yet unseen and a mind strong enough to remember to always put you first. We will forever praise you Jehovah, for you alone are God. Amen and amen. 


Love you dear one,

Pam

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