I wonder what the crippled guy felt – after sitting all those years by the pool – waiting for someone to put him in to be healed.  See John 5:1-18.

It’s a scary thing to make a decision that requires a leap of faith. The life of faith can be a bit frightening at times.  At some time in our lives each of us will be tested to some degree. 

I know for me fear of not knowing how something is going to turn out will stop me in my tracks just about as fast as anything.  I don’t like making mistakes and I don’t like failing.  There is also this element of me that really wants to be safe.  Yet, Jesus calls us all to a dangerous life.  He calls us knowing before hand that it is going to be hard.  This is what he told his disciples just before he was arrested,

“I’ve told you these things to prepare you for rough times ahead. They are going to throw you out of the meeting places. There will even come a time when anyone who kills you will think he’s doing God a favor. They will do these things because they never really understood the Father. I’ve told you these things so that when the time comes and they start in on you, you’ll be well-warned and ready for them.  (John 16:1-4, The Message).

I guess my biggest thing is that I want to make sure my family is taken care of before I make a big move of faith.  I don’t know that is totally wrong… but that is always a big concern for me.  I want to move beyond that fear though and live in total trust.  Daring to risk it all!

I’m asking God for what David wrote in Psalm 138:8, “Finish what you started in me, GOD.”