Take The First Step

Taking the first step, after being "born again" requires an act of faith.  When we have no vision from God, and another person is not watching and encouraging us, it requires the grace of Almighty God to take the next step, in our devotion to Him, in the reading and studying of His Word, in our life, or in our duty to Him.  It takes much more of the grace of God, and a much greater awareness of drawing upon Him, to take that next step, than it does to preach the gospel.

Every "born again" adult child of God must experience the essence of the incarnation by bringing the next step down into flesh-and-blood reality, and by working it out with his hands.  We lose interest and give up when we have no vision, no encouragment, and no improvement, but only experience our everyday life with its trivial tasks.  The thing that really testifies for God, and for the people of God, in the long run is steady perseverance, even when the work cannot be seen by others.  And the only way to live an undefeated life is to live looking to God.

When we ask God to keep the eyes of our spirit open to the risen Christ, it will be impossible for drudgery to discourage us.  We must never allow ourselves to think that some tasks are beneath our dignity or too insignificant for us to do, and remind ourselves of the example of Christ in John 13:1-17.  God promises to instruct and teach us in the way we should go in life.  This is a wonderful promise, because it means we don't have to figure things out as we go along in life.  God has given us an instruction manual for living called the Holy Bible!

God's Promise:  "I will instruct you, and teach you in the way you should go; I will guide you with My eye." -Psalm 32:8.