Next Steps?

"He who has called us will also work through us."        

1 Thessalonians 5:24, paraphrased 

 

As a new year begins for the Rutherfordton CBS Day Class, the leadership team is:

* praying that the ladies and children who are coming will grow and experience life change through the study of Luke.

* asking God to help us prepare ourselves for growth.

* looking for God to reveal our Next Step of faith.

 

The Christian life is a walk of faith (Rom1:17…from faith to faith) that leads us to experience increasing oneness with Jesus (2 Cor 3:18…from glory to glory) and that’s why knowing our Next Step is so crucial. 

 

This Sabbath, my family visited a church where an old friend of my husband’s was the guest speaker. I just love the Holy Spirit’s faithfulness to speak to me no matter where I am! Isaiah 43:19 was one of the verses he used for his sermon; “Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.”

 

The Lord is always about doing a new thing in us (our Next Step). The question is, are we perceiving it? Because we can be assured that God is more than willing to show us what it is. That’s why He says; “Do you not perceive it?” If we believe that He IS after doing something new in us, then we will perceive it and we will gladly join Him in it.

 

Henry Blackaby says that when we pray for something, we also need to open our spiritual eyes and perceive (pay attention to) His answer. It may come through Scripture, the Church, the Holy Spirit, or the circumstances we’re in. Some possible Next Steps are fasting, journaling, and a more disciplined prayer life.

 

Praying God's Word
by Beth Moore

One Next Step could be to demolish a stronghold that you’ve identified. A good help for doing this is Praying God’s Word by Beth Moore. I remember struggling with anxiety attacks a few years ago. With the help of God’s Word and the authority of Jesus Christ, I demolished that stronghold that was keeping me from experiencing complete freedom. It is for freedom that Christ has set us free! (Gal 5:1) There are many more Next Steps to raise your level of faith and improve your relationship with Christ. Until we enter Heaven, we WILL have many Next Steps.

 

Just ask God and He will be faithful to let you know. Just a clue: your next step will always begin with repentance.

 

The best is yet to come!

 

Evelyne Calton, Prayer Chairman

Rutherfordton CBS Day Class