Momentum: How To Ignite Your FaithSample

GOD’S COSMIC GPS She was nothing more than contestant 43,212 when Susan Boyle stepped on the stage of Britain’s Got Talent. As a forty-seven-year-old church volunteer, it was a big step to sing on national television. Little did she know how that one performance would forever change the trajectory of her life. Within nine days of the audition, videos of Boyle had been viewed over 100 million times. You’re never too old to start a new adventure. At age seventy-five, a man named Abraham took a big step and began a new adventure. At seventy-five, most people are looking for security and comfort, not risk and adventure. Surrender and adventure tend to go together . . . no matter your age. At age seventy-five, God invites Abraham into an adventure. This unexpected invitation would require him to leave behind all that was familiar and start over. Ur was home for Abraham and Sarah. They had grown up there. They had married there. Their family was there. Their roots went deep in the land of Ur. It was all they had known. But God was about to change all of that. Hebrews 11:8 says, “By faith Abraham, when he was called, obeyed by going out to a place which he was to receive for an inheritance; and he went out, not knowing where he was going” (NASB). God has a long history of asking people to step out in faith without fully knowing where they are going. In fact, it seems rare that God ever lays out the whole plan at the beginning. God tends to operate like a cosmic GPS. Think about the GPS (global positioning system) you might have in smartphone. The GPS doesn’t give you all the directions at once. It gives you just enough instructions to get started and then it reveals each set of directions as you need them. God says to Abraham: “Trust me. I know the destination, and I will lead you step by step.” What gives you confidence to step out in faith is a settled conviction that God is kind and gracious and has a good plan for you. WHAT ABOUT YOU? Has God been prompting you to leave what’s comfortable and follow him into the unknown? Is he inviting you into a faith adventure? Today’s Takeaway Your confidence in the God you know is what gives you confidence to step into the unknown.