whose plans?



   I was talking with some friends recently about how life plans work. Well, it was more about the fear of not making the "right" decision. If you've read my previous entries, you probably know I'm a Christian. As such, my "right" decision is choosing what is best for my relationship with God and what serves his will the best. The question and the fear is: how clear does a leap of faith have to be? Less concisely, how sure does one need to be of God's calling before taking a risk?
   The situation came up recently where I was asked to consider moving to a new town. Among the brazillion questions that came up, there was the general overhanging question of what I'd need to hear from God before leaving the place where I would choose to stay and where I have my closest friendships. If God were to communicate through an audible manifestation there wouldn't be too much difficulty making a decision. But what if I didn't hear anything clearly at all? On one hand I don't want to leave what I have where I am. On the other hand, will God reward such a great step of faith and sacrifice? Or would it be foolish? How I traditionally approach this is to tell God that I have a decision that I'd like to make, and if he's really calling me to something else, then he'd better make that clear. That's easy to sleep with, but sometimes it begs another question: how much faith do I exhibit if I don't move unless God has removed all my doubts?






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