Time For Me To Step Out On The Water….
Sunday, August 10th, 2008 | Uncategorized
This chorus by Chris Tomlin has been my theme song for the past few months……
“Time for me to step out on the water
Time for me to just loosen my hold
And it’s time for me to leave here all that I’ve hoped for
Would you take me where I need to go?”
Sometimes it’s hard for me to be in reality with moving to Ethiopia. I have wrestled god on it for so many months but he just kept confirming it over and over again, and he continues to. Stepping out on the water also reminds me of Peter who went out to meet Jesus as he was walking on the water. Sometimes it’s easy to give Peter a hard time for not continuing to look at Jesus when he got overwhelmed by the waves. For where I’m at in this journey, I just like to think about what an act it was for Peter just to get out of the boat. As I step out of the boat of my comfort zone into and ocean of unknowns, I feel a lot like Peter. Sometimes I don’t keep my eyes fixed on Jesus in this whole process. Sometimes I am afraid of all the unknowns. But I am so thankful that god does not depend on my perfection to be faithful. And I’m excited to see all that god has in store for me as I step out of the boat, relinquish my hold on my average life here, surrender, and ask him to take me where I need to go! (God, please give me the grace to do just that!)
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