Monday, February 5, 2007

trust me - but you choose

The following thoughts are from Jarrett Stevens on his decision to leave Chicago and go full-time to 7[]22 in Atlanta...I'm thinking through a similar threshold in my life, and learning to trust more on God, while I'm really really trying to make a choice to follow....

Fear, if you are leading me there, that mean's we are leaving here...fear

Am I consumed w/fear or consumed w/God?

pray/fast/seek God and see if he is leading us there...God is affirming, saying – “trust me - but you choose”...so we had to make a choice, I remember breaking down and bawling on the plane - because I didn't want to choose - I didn't want to trust God...I had a very real image of God holding my faith to fire - if so choose, choose - do you trust me? - We didn't have all the answers, it was not going to be easier - but God was leading us - I choose to trust and choose to go...It hasn't been easier - do we trust you that you brought us here?, that you are here?, that we trust you?...so much that's good - but just because you say yes to God, doesn't mean it's going to be easier
Don't let fear/anxiety consume you...be consumed by God, not circumstances...