This past week I heard the challenges of everyone around me doing ministry to “take risks,” “be a fool for the cause of Christ!” I was listening to some Starfield and felt the lyrics continue to convey that message. Here is Tumbling After:

The other day while I was driving home my world was shaken
It occurred to me that I had left too many risks untaken
I’m always sitting here just waiting for a revelation
Is it ever gonna come?

All this searching yet my destiny is still unfound
Makes me realize this world will always let me down
So it seems that the only hope I ever had
Was everything that You are

I’m falling down
Tumbling after You
I’m overwhelmed
Tripping over simple truth
In all I’ve found
There’s nothing that’s more beautiful
Than what I’ve found in You

You could always see right through the front I’d offer You
Not believing my excuses, waiting for the truth
When You could have turned Your back
And walked away from me
You, You picked me up instead

So we’ll turn another page and change the way I look at You
And maybe I’ll begin to understand what You went through
Not content to leave me wandering and unaware
You took my hand instead
Yeah, You lead me to the edge

You’re everything that I ever needed
Now I wanna believe this time
That You would love me
That You would say I’m Yours, I’m Yours, I’m Yours

So the first verse was what really caught me.
“driving home my world was shaken
It occurred to me that I had left too many risks untaken
I’m always sitting here just waiting for a revelation
Is it ever gonna come?”

So a question, how many of us would admit that in your life you are paralyzed at times by waiting for the long awaited, “GO HERE!” command? I know that it has characterized a lot of my ministry and life. But I’m working on being intentional about changing that aspect of my walk. So has your life/ministry been characterized as paralysis by analysis? If you are still in this stage what steps could you take tostep into risks instead of standing still through them?

In my daily quiet times, I’ve just started 2 Kings and I came across a story that I felt needed to be shared. The verses I want to focus on are 2 Kings 7:3-9. Here’s the story: (more…)

My pastor, Brian Kruckenberg, tweeted this a little bit ago:

I like things to be clear, but often God will put us through seasons of “fogginess” to build our faith and trust in Him.

This statement probably puts all of the past few months in great perspective for me. Things could not have been any more “foggy” and unclear. As I write this, I still have no clue of what God is wanting of me and the fog has, if anything, thickened not fallen away. So I’m a little discouraged, frustrated, and looking for answers. But as Brian puts it, “God will put us through seasons of ‘fogginess’ to build our faith and trust in Him.” I could not agree more.

So are you going through some fog of your own? Are you just beginning to walk into it? Or have you already been through a foggy spot that you can share about for the encouragement of others?

What’s your story?