Walking in Faith

Change is an iron law of the natural world, but it is a law that applies to the spiritual realm as well. God calls us to change; He asks us to depart from the rutted path we often tread and depart for places that may be new and unfamiliar. He calls us into service as He called Moses in the desert or David from the sheep pens or Paul from his zeal to persecute the new followers of the one who had died on a cross.

Though we often resist the call to leave the comforts of a safe life, God keeps nudging us to get up and go; He calls us to trust and have faith, even though we might interpret the call as nothing more than a risky venture. But before anything can happen, we must respond with an affirmation that allows us to transcend our inertia by turning our fears and trepidations over to the one who is calling us: “Here I am, I have come...I desire to do your will, O my God; your law is within my heart.”(Psalm 40:7) When we acknowledge God in this way with our very lives, His way no longer seems objectionable or intrusive.

God is always challenging our comfort zone; this spiritual pattern manifests itself on almost every page of the Bible; the truth is that walking in faith generates a higher level of comfort which many describe as a state of joy that overcomes our natural fears in all circumstances: “Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.”(Psalm23:4)