What Do I Do? Part 2

Yesterday we talked a little about the fact that the true mark of someone who is a Christian is not that they are busy doing stuff or that they are morally upright. It’s that they obey and do what Jesus asks them to do and that there isn’t anything that they would’t give up for Jesus if He asked them to. It’s all or nothing. (Just look at the story of the rich young ruler in Mark 10:17-25 he did a lot right but wasn’t willing to do 1 thing)
But now what? How do you fulfill what He’s called you to do... especially when it’s gonna take a HUGE step of faith to do it? Are you ready? Here it is...
Just do the next right thing. That’s it. Just do the next right thing.
Here’s an example... when we adopted 5 of our children back in 08’, rather than looking at the final goal of needing $40,000 we focused on the first thing we needed, which was $1,200 for our home study. Then we focused on the $400 we needed for our psychological evaluations (which I’m still surprised we passed, haha), then we focused on the next step. Then we focused on the next step, then the next. Rather than waiting until we got the whole $40,000 we just focused on the next step. It’s the same with moving to Brazil. Rather than focusing on the total amount we needed to move, we just did the first thing (bought plane tickets), then the next (visas), then... you get the idea, right? If we would’ve said, “we’re not moving until we get the whole amount we need (FYI, we’re still believing and trusting God) then we’d still be sitting at our house in Georgia and not here in Brazil. I know it, beyond a shadow of a doubt. But I think that’s exactly the way God works... He wants us trusting Him each step of the way... through faith. I mean, look at any person in the Bible and see how God dealt with and used them. God asked Noah to build an ark because He was going to destroy the world with a flood. It took faith to build a boat (Gen. 6:11-22) on dry land because it had never even rained much less flooded! What if he would have started building only after the first rain drop fell? Abraham went out, and left his country, without knowing where he was going (Gen. 12:1-3) by faith, just because God asked. Moses led the children of Israel out of captivity (Ex. 6:1-13) to the Promised Land by faith (it took 40 years but it could have been quicker, God was just wanting them to trust Him each step of the way... that’s why it took so long, duh!). I could go on and on but it’s all the same and it boils down to one thing... without faith, it is impossible to please God (Heb. 11:6). He’s just waiting for you to take the first step and... “Just do the next right thing.” He will NEVER let you down. If He’s told you to do something, “just do it!”
We’d love to hear what God’s asked you to do and if there’s any encouragement we could give you or if you need someone to agree with you in prayer (or kick you in the butt!) please e-mail us at WeAreTheRev@gmail.com . We’d love to stand with you: )

Believing God Has Big Things For You,
Jim