The following entry was inspired by "My Utmost for His Highest" (Oswald Chambers, Jan 2nd)
Hebrews 11:8-10
8By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, even though he did not know where he was going. 9By faith he made his home in the promised land like a stranger in a foreign country; he lived in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise. 10For he was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect and builder is God.
"One of the most difficult questions to answer in Christian work is, "What do you expect to do?" You don't know what you are going to do. The only thing you know is that God knows what He is doing. "
"Have you been asking God what He is going to do? He will never tell you. God does not tell you what He is going to do— He reveals to you who He is."
I can say that I'm going to Russia someday, and while that might actually happen, it won't happen just because I want it to. If it happens it will be because the Lord ordains it. I can't accurately speculate what my future will hold, nor should I. 2005 was quite eventful and full of the Lord's blessings and lessons and yet I didn't see any of it coming.
"Each morning as you wake, there is a new opportunity to "go out," building your confidence in God."
James 4:13-14
13Now listen, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business and make money." 14Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.
It would be (and has been) so easy for me to live with tunnel vision concerning Russia, but the Lord wants me to take off the blinders and focus on what is directly in front of me instead of staring off into the horizon. I don't know what will happen tomorrow, or next month, or this year. All I can do is follow Him moment by moment.
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