We speak of being called to step out on the water.
That first step....
it's frightening, exhilarating, freeing, scary, crazy, and joyful.
We often stop the story there,
at Step One.
It's funny, now I find myself at Step TWO.
People don't talk as much about this step.
We speak so often of the beginning - the call. And consequently, the end - the conclusion.
What about the in-between?
The in-between. That's where we live.
The in-between is step Two, step three, step four, step five....
I'm reminded of Abraham. [Genesis 22] Abba calling him to sacrifice Isaac.
Abraham's step Two was rising the morning after the Call.
Step Three was waking Isaac.
Step Four chopping the wood - every fall of the ax, every grunt, every wipe of sleeve against brow -
leaning in to Abba.
Every step is a choice of dependence.
It's here I find myself.
Step one - the Call.
Step Two - the Unknown.
Dependence is being shaped. A heart for adventure being fostered.
This Guide of mine, Abba, He sure knows how to make His children enter in to Life.
I'm learning that's the invitation every day.
"I invite you in to a life ABUNDANT." [John 10:10]
