God is the Only True Guide

Today’s reading: Hebrews 11:1-3, 13-16

The business proposal I’m planning to make on Monday will come as a surprise to the woman I intend to approach. I’m nervous. But I shouldn’t be.

God has answered my prayers about this idea. He has given me a great strategy to follow as I talk to my friend.  I know it is His will that I pursue this project.

I guess I’m nervous because I don’t know if my friend (or the many others whose support will be necessary) will be convinced of this proposal’s holiness. But today’s reading reminds me that I must not let fear stop me. (As I’ve said before in these devotionals: fear is a sin.) Faith is my only true guide.

Even if my friend does not accept this proposal — or if others in my life let their own fear sabotage my plan — what I’ve said above will remain true: I know it is His will that I pursue this project.

I am ready to persevere.

“All of these died in faith without having received the promises, but from a distance they saw and greeted them. They confessed that they were strangers and foreigners on the earth, for people who speak in this way make it clear that they are seeking a homeland. If they had been thinking of the land that they had left behind, they would have had opportunity to return. But as it is, they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God; indeed, he has prepared a city for them. “(Verses 13-16)

This plan in question will take me, literally, to a new city. Moving will require a tremendous amount of work and will be quite uncomfortable.  I will end up calling on help from others, so they will be put to much inconvenience as well.

And my life would already have been easier if I had just left this idea in my head.  I do certainly have plenty of great opportunity right here in the city where I currently reside. In fact, soon after I began praying on  this idea, a woman called with the job offer I’ve been waiting to receive for years. I turned her down; it dawned on me that I had never even spoken to God about that job.

Pondering that last paragraph has brought my nerves back into action. If I were to explain here the details of that great offer and compare them to the risks of the proposal I intend to make tomorrow, I would certainly be accused of insanity.

So I just need to type the truth again:

God’s will is that I pursue the proposal I will be presenting tomorrow. He has glorious things in store, if I just stay true to Him.

Thanks be to God for always being my unwavering guide. May I always have the courage to follow Him.