Walking by faith is quite often confused with just being complacent, but it really is quite the opposite. When we walk by faith, we need to do so in active discernment. What that means is that in order to walk by faith, we need to be actively be listening to what God has called us to do in each moment. You see, God is always talking to us, it just isn’t always in the way of words.
Last winter, I was driving Brendan to my house. Now, I was being quite impatient and my windshield hadn’t defrosted yet, but I put it into drive and said, “We are gonna drive by faith tonight!” That’s not driving by faith, thats just plain lunacy! That was by no means walking by faith because it was me wanting to act purely out of a selfish desire to get somewhere faster rather than to be patient and get somewhere safely, which is what God would much rather prefer. When we walk by faith, and I mean really BY faith, it takes trust, and I think that one of my favourite examples of this has to be with the walking on water story. Picture this, you and your friends get on a boat and are a long ways from shore. There are waves crashing all around you. All of a sudden ya boi shows up walking on the water. He then points at you and says “come walk with me.” Would you get out of the boat? Most of us probably wouldn’t because, you know, common sense, but Peter responded differently. He knew that this was God calling him to go with Him, so he got out of the boat and walked- walked by faith. Now, that story isn’t over there. He was doing just fine walking on the water, but then he got distracted by everything else going on. He reached this point where he saw that this no longer made sense logically and he grew fearful. From this, he lost trust in what God had called him to do and he started to sink. Thankfully, he called out for help and Jesus helped him up, but he left him with these words: “Why did you doubt?” When we walk by faith, it is by no means an easy thing to do. Quite often it can seem like what we are called to do is not the most logical option. It could also be not what we really think we want in that moment, but the heart of walking by faith is trust- trusting in what God has called you to do and the He will make it possible. We have to remember that in those moments, we need to follow through in discernment as well. Every Christian is called to walk by faith in their everyday lives. While it isn’t the easiest thing to do, it is essential because when we are truly walking by faith, God takes us to be exactly where we are supposed to be. That is exactly what happened for me when I started working in youth ministry and even all throughout my time in it, but I have come to the time where God has called me to start to go elsewhere, so I will not be the person running Pulse next year. While it can be so hard to let go of things we have worked so hard on, we have to trust that God has it under control. I am certain that the person who takes over will also do a great job! Don’t worry! I will still be around the community and will still be running things here until the end of the month. If there is one thing I want you to take away from this talk, it is this: walking by faith is one of the best and scariest things you can do, but trust me, it is all worthwhile.
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