June 9, 2023: Faith Loves An Adventure!

"Now the Lord said to Abram, "Go from your country and your kindred and your father's house to the land that I will show you." (Genesis 12:1, ESV)

Following God always seems to be an adventure! After all, God is continually asking us to trust Him. Abraham is listening to a God he cannot see, receiving orders to leave behind everything He is familiar and go to a place he has never been, nor will he know when he has arrived unless God tells him. That right there takes faith!

How often have you heard from a God you can't see, were asked to leave everything behind you were comfortable with, and go somewhere you have never been? It takes faith. God followers must be ready to follow God daily, even if it means stepping out of what you are most comfortable with to do something you may have never done before. Faith loves an adventure! 

Walking in faith requires us to leave our comfort zone and what we are familiar with. It is not faith if you are trusting in anything but God. We tend to want to trust in what we know. Hebrews 11:6 clearly states, "Without faith, it is impossible to please God." If we are going to be God-pleasers, we must be faith walkers! That means not trusting in ourselves and being willing to go somewhere we have never been to do something we have never done. It sounds like faith is required. And where faith is required, there will be an adventure!