Absolutely certainly all right

As always, My Utmost For His Highest gives me good guidance today.


The passage Chambers riffs off of is in Mark 6, when Jesus Christ walks on water, and Peter attempts to do so as well. Here Chambers speaks about our goals and our imagined purpose. What are my goals? To be a successful writer, to write a book, to earn a living through my writing, to figure out a career path sooner rather than later.


But here is God's purpose for me, according to Chambers:
to depend on Him and on His power now. If I can stay calm, faithful, and unconfused while in the middle of the turmoil of life, the goal of the purpose of God is being accomplished in me. What he desires is that I see "him walking on the sea" with no shore, no success, no goal in sight, but simply having the absolute certainty that everything is all right because I see "Him walking on the sea." (6:49) 


Having the absolute certainty that everything is all right. That my lack of progress is absolutely, certainly all right, because all I have to do is be obedient to Him. Don't over think it. But what does being obedient to him look like? I can still ponder what I'd like to do next, but I won't panic about it, because I see "Him walking on the sea." 


We have nothing to do with what will follow our obedience, and we are wrong to concern ourselves with it. What people call preparation, God sees as the goal itself.


God's purpose is to enable me to see that He can walk on the storms of my life right now. If we have a further goal in mind, we are not paying enough attention to the present time. However, if we realized that moment-by-moment obedience is the goal, then each moment as it comes is precious.