"'What shall I do, Lord?' I asked. 'Get up,' the Lord said, 'and go....'" (Acts 22:10a, NIV)
There is always a, "go," in our relationship in Jesus Christ. Where, when, how is not the issue; the going is.
There is a very real sense in which Sarah and I are in a "going" which is like none we have ever encountered. We have had some enjoyable time exploring this great country of ours as well as our neighbor to the North. We are now with Jill and her family in Cincinnati and enjoying a little extended time with them. Our plans now are to be in Grand Rapids with Shelly and her family from November 6 through Thanksgiving, then back to Greensburg for the completion of the construction of our apartment. In all of this, along with enjoying the first vacation time in quite a while, I have been attempting to "listen" to our Lord Jesus as to what is "next."
Saul's life was forever changed in that encounter with our Lord Jesus Christ on that dusty Roman road. His life had been fairly predictable up to that day. O, yes, he was in a new realm while persecuting Those of, "The Way," but it was consistent with his Pharisaical theology. Now, things were to be very, very different, "Get up...and go...." It is said of Abraham that, "....when called to go.., obeyed and went, even thought he did not know where he was going." There is too much today in "prophetic words" which is merely the attempt to help people have some sort of certainty about their future. This is not, "the faith of Jesus."
You and I do not know the certainty of the future. Life brings change to all; therefore, it is best to be surrendered to Jesus Christ than to be surrendered to our wishes and dreams and the "words" of others, no matter who they are. I am not denying the gift of the prophetic, but I am exalting the anticipatory life of, "looking unto Jesus," waiting, trusting, "when called to go.., obeyed and went, even though he did not know where he was going."
Father, in Jesus' Name, "Savior, like a shepherd, lead me." Amen.
When Peter, an 18 year old Norwegian, "heard the call to evangelize China, on that day he not only emptied his wallet into the collection plate, but included a small note with the words, 'and my life.'"
Hebrews 12:2
Hebrews 12:2
