The theme on January 14th, 2024, was about trusting in God as you are making a decision that will have an impact on your life. We all come to a crossroads in life where we decide to make the transition from where we currently are to an unknown future. Some place complete trust in the one who has written their story and those who lean on their understanding instead of trusting in God completely.
The senior pastor from my church got up on the podium and began to speak to the congregation. The subject that he was going to talk on came from Proverbs 3:5-6 which tells us to “trust in the Lord with all your heart; do not depend on your own understanding. Seek his will in all you do, and he will show you which path to take”. As he spoke these words, his emotions swelled within him. He was about to tell the congregation that his time as senior pastor had ended. The Lord had called him to transition into the next season of his ministry.
As the pastor continued to share with the church about trusting in God during transitions, 2000 miles away, a Christian singer took the stage during the church service to speak about her recent transition. She had just returned from Tennessee to visit her home church in California. When she left California to write music in Tennessee, she had to trust in God wholeheartedly as she ventured out into the unknown. While in Tennessee, she wrote a song about God writing her story and that He was always one chapter ahead of where she was in life.
God was written your story. In those times when we do not know what will happen next in these moments of transition on the path of obedience, will you trust him?
We sing about trusting in God when we hear current Christian songs on the radio. We listen to songs like Lauren Daigle’s “Trust in You”, where she trusts in God when he does not move as she expects. How about the song from Elevation Worship called “Trust in God.” They trust in God because they know that God has ordered their steps, and when they seek out the Lord, he answers them. How about the song from Cody Carnes called “Firm Foundation (He Won’t).” The song is about trusting in our firm foundation and that God will not fail us. We sing these songs, and they remind us to trust in God before and during our transitions that we experience in life.
We make decisions daily. Some decisions will have minimal effect on our day-to-day lifestyle. What will I eat for dinner, or what kind of tie should I wear to the office today? Of course, my favorite is what kind of coffee flavor I will choose for my morning coffee. Then, we make huge decisions that can impact our future path. Decisions like who I will marry, what job I will take next, and where I will live or go to college. Then it’s their biggest decision: will I place my faith in Jesus Christ and go to heaven?
In Matthew 7:14, Jesus said, “The gateway to life is very narrow, and the road is difficult, and only a few ever find it.”
When faced with these moments of decision that can impact our lives for the foreseeable future, we must choose which path to take. The pastor from our earlier story said he was a runner and would run along the many paths that blanket the Twin Cities area. You can see ahead on these paths until the path goes around the bend. As a Christian, he knows that God is with him and is already up around the bend, even though he has not yet reached that point. He can place his complete confidence in this because of the Lord’s words written in Scripture.
When Jesus spoke to his disciples before He ascended into heaven, he told them in Matthew 28:20 to teach the new followers of Jesus to “obey all the commands I have given you. And be sure that I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”
In this crucial decision to leave the pulpit for God’s next assignment, the pastor knows that the Lord is with him in his decision. He may not understand what lies around the bend, but he knows WHO is with him and WHO holds the future.
Listen to the podcast to learn these truths!
A) We must trust the Lord with our whole heart when entering a transitional period.
B) We must not depend on our understanding when we are in a transitional period.
C) Seek God’s will and he will lead through the transition.
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