An eight-year-old boy was being raised by his parents on the family farm.
Like all farming families, each member of the household had chores to perform to contribute to the family life. He was no different. Each morning and afternoon, he had chores to perform as a part of his family. He would normally do them before and after school.
In October, after the clocks had been turned back, he came home one afternoon to find that it had already turned dark when it was time to do his chores. His dad prompted him that it was time to get to them, and the boy stepped out on the front porch to make his way to the barn.
While standing on the porch, he became scared. The night was dark, and he could not see where the barn was. He went back inside the house and told his dad how he felt.
His dad was wise, and said, "You are becoming a big boy now. We can trust you to carry a lantern to the barn and do your chores."
He lit the lantern, and sent his son out onto the porch carrying the light into the darkness.
He stood on the porch holding the lantern up but was unable to see more than a few feet in front of his face. He was definitely not able to see the barn across the yard. He was still scared.
He went back inside and told his dad how he felt.
His dad said, "Son, do you trust me?"
"Yes," said the boy said.
The dad said, "Do you believe me when I tell you that the barn is still out there across the yard?"
"Yes," said the boy said.
The dad said, "Then I want you to go back outside and take a step off the porch toward the direction of the barn. Take one step at a time and work toward the edge of your light, and I promise you the barn is still there."
What insightful words--"work toward the edge of your light.". That holds a powerful lesson for us.
God calls us to take life and faith one step at a time. God rarely tells us the whole plan before we take a step in faith. We would like that, but the journey of faith is most often lived taking one step at a time, working toward the edge of our light, trusting that God's purpose and destination will be our end.
Work toward the edge of your light and God will be faithful.
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