Oh man right in the feels! This was an amazing lecture, such good words. I was rocked in this sermon specifically in the discussion about "Abram is helping God out." There are often things that I am willing to fully give to God trusting His plan for my life in those specific areas, full obedience but only in some areas of my life. There are certainly other areas that I am holding onto tightly and in holding onto it tightly I believe that I can "engineer God's call."
Growing up in faith this has been a struggle throughout my life, in my type A, desire to control personality I often struggle with full obedience in all of my life. I have, much like Abram not blatantly defied God but I do disobey God, and "try to make the call happen". I look at my life, in my roles of leadership and see that this is where the tension is with my faith. I think I know what my life, job, family should look like and how that plan should lay out. Wow, how exhausting.......when I can rest and trust in the faithfulness that God has shown me over and over I am more rested and more filled. This was what I needed to hear right now in my own faith journey and am thankful.
Prayed for you and your family today Steph. Prayed for your job too. Hope He continues to push you to trust and rest in Him!
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