Doing Scary Things, Part I

"I took a wrong turn and I just kept goin'..."

Campus Crusader Samantha Li spoke at our church this past Sunday and delivered a line I hope I never forget: "Taking steps of faith is just Christianese for doing scary things." What a great description!

If we are willing, God gives us God-sized tasks to do; tasks which we cannot accomplish on our own. If we could do everything without God, why would we need him? And that is what makes taking steps of faith so scary. We have no control. It's like driving a car with no hands on the steering wheel. In our hearts it feels like a car wreck waiting to happen!

But really, the people whose lives most resemble car wrecks are the ones who are NOT walking in obedience to God. If you are a believer, sooner or later you will be faced with a decision of whether or not to take a scary step of faith. What will you choose?

The Key to a Powerful Life

Do you want a life of power? Do you go through your day and wonder why some people live a victorious life in Christ and you don't?

The answer comes in one word: surrender. The problem comes when we don't want to surrender our lives to Christ. As someone once said, "Jesus is not Lord at all if he is not Lord of all."

If there is something in your life that you withhold from him, who is Lord? But as we surrender our will to him and allow him to carry out his plans in us and through us, then we will live a life of power, then we will live a victorious life in him.

God has big plans for you and your life, but you must surrender all to him. What is preventing you from the life God has for you? Will you surrender it to him?