"My Lord Knows the Way Through the Wilderness. . ."
Remember this little chorus? It's true - He does know the way and we don't.
No one follows the Lord naturally. It is supernatural and is not learned without bumping into some walls. Mistakes. Human mistakes.
Some are so eager to push on and clear up the matter that they tend to run ahead of the Lord and look back to see if He is following us.
Sometimes He does klunk us on the head, but not usually. I've rarely had moments when the heavens parted and I knew what to do. It is often in looking back that we realize the Lord led us.
Most of us are too eager to do the "obvious" thing and have the itch to manage the outcome according to our own knowledge and experience. At the same time, we are reticent to move in a direction that looks like certain failure, even when the whisper of thought persists.
He has never failed to keep a promise.
It was ten years between the birth of Ishmael and the birth of Isaac.
Soldier of The Cross, determine to take up The Cross and follow Him. His leading is often the gentlest nudge of the Holy Spirit. Following Him is learned one step at a time. Faith to faith.
Do you have to be conventional?
Do you need the approval of others?
Do you have to have a guarantee of by-sight safety before moving?
Do you have to be "qualified"?
Does it feel risky?
Is there any safer High Tower than the King of Glory?
You must do this in prayer. Prayer brings light on the next step. And only the next step.
It only feels risky to the flesh.
Cross the line today and tell Him you will follow Him anywhere and do anything with anyone.
Tell Him aloud.