I Dare You to Move

I am amazed at the way God stretches us. We think we’ve been stretched all we can be stretched. But as soon as we start getting used to the new us—as soon as we think we’ve got it—God puts us in a new situation or drops a new thought in our minds and, all of a sudden, we’re struggling to make sense of life again, to get a handle on things again. And in that process where God shakes up our tidy lives, where he broadens our tiny minds, we remember once again that life is not a destination, it is a journey. We have not arrived. And the moment you think you have, get ready, because God is about to teach you a lesson.

Don’t get too attached to the way things are or the way they were. God is doing a new thing. He’s always doing something new. He is the Creator, after all, and He’s creative. And he wants us to work with Him creatively. We can’t be stagnant, complacent, satisfied with the way things are, as good as they might seem. Celebrate progress. Mark your milestones. Praise God for what He has done. But realize He’s not done; He’s doing something right now. And He wants to do something through you.

“An idle person tempts the devil to tempt him.” Don’t stop moving forward in your walk with God. You may get weary but don’t give up. There may be rest stops along the way, but don’t unpack your bags. “Get up and pray. Otherwise [the] temptation [to settle for mediocrity in your life] will overpower you.” In any and every case, press on, “being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion.”

God is telling you right now what the next step is. I dare you to move.