To follow is difficult.  We feel better when we have control.  Most of us prefer to drive rather than be a passenger, and the proof is in the “advice” we give the driver.  Following requires that we submit to the leadership of another, and trust them to see us to the destination.  Therefore, trust is the real issue.

This is what makes the life of Abraham so amazing.  The Hebrew writer tells us that, “By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go… And he went out, not knowing where he was going.” (Heb. 11:8  NKJV)  It is hard to follow… to trust, even when we know the destination.  But Abraham took his family and left for an unknown destination at the simple instruction of God.  How did he do it?  How did he keep from wringing his hands with worry every step of the journey?  He trusted God completely – therefore he could follow!

God has promised us that He will “lead us by the way that we should go.”  He assures us that He knows what is best in our lives, and that we can trust Him to carry us there.  The only question is whether on not we will let go of the wheel, trust Him, and allow Him to take us there?

“Thus says the Lord, your Redeemer, The Holy One of Israel: “I am the Lord your God, Who teaches you to profit, Who leads you by the way you should go.” (Isaiah 48:17)

Kerry