Take The Next Step
I’m Joni Eareckson Tada. Galatians chapter 5 tells us to “keep in step with the Spirit.” In other words, don’t rush ahead, yet don’t lag behind. ’Cause walking with Christ is just that – it’s a walk. Now, true, sometimes God will ask you to run; we are to, as it says, run with perseverance the race that is set before us. But overall, our journey with Christ is usually a matter of putting one foot in front of the other. Just taking the next step. Doing the next thing. It’s the way I live in this wheelchair. God never expects me to live way out ahead; he wants me to live moment by moment. So, join me in praying: “God help me be obedient and prayerful, right now. Help me to be trusting and yielding, this moment. Help me to love and serve you today.” You know, if you and I can live like that, just persevering, we will happily fall into the arms of Jesus at the finish line. Woo hoo!
