Mark’s recent sermon on Terah spoke of the need to keep pressing on in God, not being satisfied with stopping at the halfway point but continuing to journey’s end. I recently heard this song (‘I Will Go’) from Kutless, which seems to me to encapsulate the scary challenge we all face when we determine to walk with God. This journey means letting go ‘of the safe and familiar‘, leaving all we’ve known far behind, stepping out into the water and walking into the unknown. It means trusting God to lead us even when we are not sure where we are going, secure only in the fact that He is with us. For most of us, if we are honest, those tentative steps of faith are scary and risky, but the alternative, as Mark reminded us, is to die in Haran and never reach the promised land of Canaan. Our hearts say ‘Wherever You lead, I will go, I will go with You.’
‘Life has a way of changing,
And I can’t deny that it’s time,
To let go of the safe and familiar,
And leave all I’ve known far behind.
So hold me close, don’t let me fall,
It’s a chance to prove, Jesus, I trust in You.
Stepping out into the water,
Walking into the unknown,
I can’t just stay here forever,
Wherever You lead I will go,
I will go with You.
This is a day for new dreams,
A time for my faith to be strong,
My heart’s finding peace in the chaos,
I’m ready at last to move on.
Stepping out into the water,
Walking into the unknown,
I can’t just stay here forever,
Wherever You lead I will go,
I will go with You.
I might stand in a storm,
But I can’t deny, there’s no safer place than by Your side,
Draw me close to You, draw me close to You.
Stepping out into the water,
Walking into the unknown,
I can’t just stay here forever,
Wherever You lead I will go,
I will go with You.’ (‘I Will Go’, Kutless)