“A man’s heart deviseth his way, but the Lord directeth his steps.”
Proverbs 16:9
Walking with God mandates walking in faith. But because the ways and thoughts of God are so much higher than ours, we often take steps out of fear than out of faith, especially when we stumble upon situations that challenge the power of our faith.
I wonder if like me, you have become sensitive to your Spirit that lets you know when you are moved by fear and not by faith.
One statement sums up this word – If God is ordering your steps, then you ought to know that your feet are moved by faith in HIM who knows where you begun and where you will end.
So it brings me to ask you, are your steps ordered by God?
or by the plans that your own heart has devised using the gifts from God but outside the will of God?
Think about it. Right now, you are afraid of something. What is it?
What fear has cornered you to a state of uncertainty? What fear has slowly pushed you to a place of loneliness? What fear has got your tongue tied that you are not even sure if speaking life and power and truth to that thing would make it bow? What fear has been motivating your steps, ways, habits, thought-pattern, and attitudes towards the future?
Friend, I ask you again, are your steps ordered by God? Have you been taking steps of faith or steps of fear?
HAVE YOU BECOME A SLAVE TO FEAR?
See, the beauty of having the Lord as your Shepherd, is that HE is the One guiding you. His words, His rod, His staff, His truth, and His all-knowing wisdom is more than enough to get you from here to there. Don’t you know that having God means having everything you will ever need to be all that HE called you to be? So what are you really afraid of?
You are never alone.
HE who walks beside you is also the One that has gone before you to set your stage. Be not afraid.
Yes, there might be moments of confusion, weakness, and vulnerability but you must remember that a willing spirit will always triumph over a weak flesh, if you let the Spirit lead. Christ was willing to go to the cross no matter the pain of crucifixion and betrayal that he himself foresaw. We both know He rose again after death and was victorious.
Friend, you too will be victorious in Jesus name!
But not without being grounded in the faith that HE who called you did not call you into fear, but from faith to faith and glory to glory.
I pray today that your steps be ordered by the Most High God as you walk fearlessly in purpose in Jesus name. Amen.