Trust and Obey

Tonight in Connect Group we finished with Francis Chan's book Crazy Love. Francis says, "What I can say is that you must learn to listen to and obey God, especially in a society where it's easy and expected to do what is most comfortable"(168). This is a huge challenge to us as Christians because as he continues to explain we try to plan everything out so if God doesn't come through then everything will be alright. Instead he has learned to try to put himself in situations where the only way he can make it is through God. We need to learn to truly trust God, and not just say that we are trusting God as we continue to build our safety net. We need to first of all genuinely put our trust in God so that we are completely dependent on him coming through. And second we must be willing to obey what we know we have been called to do. Stop making excuses and hiding behind Christian jargon that says I am waiting for God's call and just be willing to obey.