Balancing on One Foot

This is what the Lord says: “Stand at the crossroads and look; ask for the ancient paths, ask where the good way is, and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. But you said, ‘We will not walk in it.’
Jeremiah 6:16

Sometimes God makes it very clear which direction He wants us to go and we walk uninterrupted for quite a ways, enjoying the view as we go. Other times the direction is not so clear but we can still make progress, we just have to pay more attention to where we are going. Then there are the times when we can’t see enough of the path to take a full step and we find ourselves standing there holding one foot up trying to find a place to step. Have you been there? Are you there now?

It is in these times of balancing on one foot - balancing between faith and fear, between trust and doubt, between obedience and disobedience - when we must totally depend on God. Not only will He give us the strength to stand there on one foot as we try to figure out where to step, He will also show us where to step and the best time to step so we can walk by faith, trusting and obeying. He will show us where the good way is and we can get back to enjoying the view as we journey.

This week if you are in one of those balancing on one foot situations let me remind you of something else we read in Scripture. Paul writing to the Philippians reminds them that they can “be confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.”

Jesus will not allow us to stand there balancing on one foot forever. Be watching for what He is doing and when He makes it clear which way to go - put that foot down and get going.

A Prayer
Father - Thank you that we can ask you for directions and that you will graciously show us where to go. For those times when we feel like we are balancing on one foot and might be leaning for the negative - give us the strength to stand or send a friend to hold us up. Thank you that we can be confident that you will not leave us unfinished. In the name of Jesus, Amen.