There’s no way around it: change is traumatic. That the change is good doesn’t alter the reality that it’s really hard. Paul’s paradigm-shifting transformation on the road to Damascus illustrates the pain and joy of following God’s radical call to something new. How does faith enable us to follow God faithfully into the unknown?
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Sometimes, it’s God’s old thing that keeps us from participating in God’s new thing. What do we do when faithfulness gets in the way of being faithful? Jesus warned his followers that the days of God’s temple were numbered because God was up to something new. How can we hold the past lightly so we can lean into God’s new thing?
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We live in a professionalized culture – we’re more likely to leave every job to the paid expert than we are to do them ourselves. But when it comes to building God’s new thing, this isn’t something we can leave to professionals. Nehemiah shows us that we all have a part to play in God’s work. How can we discern what our part is? Where do we weigh in?
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How should we respond when God calls us to something we’re not qualified to do? We’re tempted to throw in the towel and let God go find someone else. But Moses’ story reminds us that God chooses the right people for the right time – whether we realize it or not. How can we learn to respond with a faith-filled yes, even in the face of our own doubts?
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