"Walk by Faith"

"Walk By Faith" - These three words have been resonating in my mind over the course of the past couple days which thus prompts me to spend an incalculable amount of time dwelling on them until those three words begin to mean something different, something more. 

I heard Jeremy Camps song on the radio the other day which only fed my desire to better understand the meaning of walking by Faith. The lyric that struck me the most was "I will walk by faith - even when I cannot see"  That means, in a sense, that you're in a room and someone turned out all the lights and the ground you thought was smooth which would enable you to walk peacefully without running into anything suddenly has big, gaping, swallow-you-whole pot-holes all over and one mis-step means a whole lot of pain.  All you have guiding you? A voice. A still..small..voice.

  

Walking by faith doesn't mean you get to plan your route and go the path of least resistance..  It sometimes means that God's turned all the lights out, thus making it very hard to see.  Of course in those moments we tend to reason with God and inform Him that we've got it under control.  "See my plan, God? I've mapped out every move perfectly. Just let me take this one, you'll see where it ends up and it's going to be great" But then God steps in and with His awesomeness says "No, My Child, I'm turning the lights off and you're going to have to trust Me to get you through this. I am your map, I am your guide, you must listen to Me if you really want to get through this." 

It's REALLY hard sometimes to let everything go - especially if you're a natural born planner, like me, and enjoy having everything perfectly mapped out and organized. But trusting God sometimes means going through the uncomfortable in order to obtain the comfortable. 

So no matter where He is leading you - trust Him to get you through the dark room of pot-holes, or the foggy mess, or through the situation that seems perfectly alright but really isn't.  He is there to help and will guide you to safety. All you have to do is have a little faith and let Him do what He does best. He created the Universe without one single mistake - I'm pretty sure He's capable of getting you through whatever it is you're going through.