When We Don't Know

 

And immediately

they left their nets

and followed Him.

          Mark 1. 18

(Jesus did not give them

a full itinerary.

They had no idea

    what following Him meant.

Nor do we.

Are we willing to leave behind

        and follow Jesus?

Are we willing to stay

    right where we are

    and be faithful?

We may not realize what

         God is up to

or to what or where

    He is leading us,

but we can trust Him.

"God gives us the desire

to follow Him

into specific callings,

and the faith to pursue them

without knowing

      all the particulars."

  --Why Everything That Matters,

     Matters So Much)

O LORD,

We thank You that

we don't have to know everything

     to lead a faithful life,

just to trust You in it,

even in the stuff

       we don't understand.

Help us to lift our eyes to You,

and to allow ourselves

         to be led

into Your wonders

     and beyond ourselves.