Working through our plans with God is complicated. It includes signs, prophetic words, prayer, AND human reason. We step out, we pray, we listen, we observe, we guess, and then we move without clear confirmation of whether or not we are going in the right direction until we actually experience the outcome. Most of the time, if it’s God’s outcome than it isn’t what we expect. So we end up in a place wondering if we actually heard God or moved without him.
We are always working through transition. One foot in now, walking in today, yet processing thoughts about tomorrow. Where are we going God? What do you want us to do? We seek answers through prayer, fasting, prophetic words, dreams, study, journaling and quiet times with the Lord. We experiment with our answers through discerning our steps and anticipating our outcomes. Many times our expectations do not align with God’s outcomes. Leaving us confused and uncertain. This process is all orchestrated by the Lord. He is truly in the middle of what we are experiencing, although we are unsure. He has designed the process. He has created the outcome. We are walking with him, yet we cannot see him.
Childlike faith includes not seeing where we are going, or managing our own outcomes. Childlike faith includes hope in our tomorrow regardless of the darkness or disappointment within our present circumstance. Childlike faith includes believing that God works EVERYTHING out for our good and his goodness is greater than we can ever imagine. Childlike faith includes trusting God in such a way that He is allowed total control over our lives because we know that he loves us.
The mystery that is revealed through the adventure of our lives predestined through our Creator tells a story. It is a story of faith. It is a story of trust. It is a story of love. This story is revealed one step at a time, one day at a time, one season at a time. We are in the middle of an amazing story which is our lives walked out with God. We get to determine how it is revealed, we get to experience the feelings of the unknown, we get to live out the mystery of the miracles and the connections of the Kingdom. We are not given a road map, but we are given clues to our certain destiny. Clues revealed through seeing and listening for God’s revelation through his creation, words, signs and wonders. We need to be open to these things in order to experience our journey. Being open to new things and living in wonder requires childlike faith. When we live with childlike faith our uncertainty becomes clear and our lives unfold like a beautiful flower in the middle of the Garden of Eden.
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