“Along unfamiliar paths I will guide them. - Isaiah 42:16 NIV
Sometimes following God involves leaving a secure and lucrative career. Moses left the palace, Elisha left a farm, James and John left their fishing boats. But sometimes, following God means staying where you are and maximizing every opportunity, He gives you to promote His kingdom. When David returned from battle with the spoils, some of his soldiers didn't want to share them with those who had remained behind. But David said, “The share of the man who stayed with the supplies is to be the same as that of him who went down to the battle. All will share alike” (1 Sam. 30:24).
There has been several times in my life, God has asked me to move or do something I was unsure of, not trained for or where and how I would live. He asked me to leave my well paying job to open my own business with no prior training, leave my country with my family behind, pack up and move out of one house and get another…too many to list here. Yet, in obedience and retrospect, I saw the hand of God and His Wisdom. Though afraid, I obeyed…and I was truly grateful and blessed. You don’t grow in the know! You have to trust Him in the unknown. God will make and show you the way.
What you must first seek God about is, “Am I called to go or to stay?” It's amazing how many people you meet who don't like what they do for a living. Why do they do it? Because we all have to make a living. But if God is calling you to do something different? It's a risk making a change from what you're currently doing to what you believe God wants you to do. You might not succeed, discover you don't like it to the extent you expected or not make as much money…but the greater risk is staying when God calls you to go. Why?
Regret! Knowing you never attempted to do what God had called you to do. You say, “I have many unanswered questions, and there is much I don't know.” Read today’s scripture again, “Along unfamiliar paths I will guide them; I will turn the darkness into light before them and make the rough places smooth. These things I will do; I will not forsake them.” He promised “you will hear His voice behind you saying, ‘this is the way’ walk in it…whether you turn to the left or the right.” (Isa. 30:21) David said, “Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for You are with me.” (Psa. 23:4) Just acknowledge Him in all your ways, and He will direct your path. (Prov. 3:6)
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