Bunkhouse Beacon - Walking by Faith, Not by Sight

2 Corinthians 5:6-10 NKJV - So we are always confident, knowing that while we are at home in the body we are absent from the Lord. 7 For we walk by faith, not by sight. 8 We are confident, yes, well pleased rather to be absent from the body and to be present with the Lord. Therefore we make it our aim, whether present or absent, to be well pleasing to Him. 10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive the things done in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad. 11 Knowing, therefore, the terror of the Lord, we persuade men; but we are well known to God, and I also trust are well known in your consciences.

Paul describes the confidence of the believer who lives not by what is seen but by trust in the promises of God, knowing that God's purposes extend beyond present circumstances.

One of the most disorienting things about a wilderness season is that you often know what God has brought you out of without knowing what he is bringing you into. The destination is unclear. The timeline is unknown. The path is not visible.

This is precisely where faith is formed.

God does not promise that we will always understand the road. He promises that he has prepared it and that he walks it with us.

The cloud that led Israel moved when God decided it should move, and settled where God decided it should settle.

Important! Our call is not to understand the route but to follow the one who knows it completely.

Reflection: In what area of your life are you most tempted to demand certainty before you trust God?

Practical Application: Choose one area of uncertainty in your life and practice surrendering it to God daily this week, beginning today, through a short but deliberate prayer of release.

Waiting for Him with you,

Lars