Like build a boat on dry land in preparation for a cataclysmic rainstorm that is going to flood everything...when it had never rained before.
Like leave your homeland and family, pack up everything you own, and move...without knowing where you're going.
Like add a nursery onto the house...when you're 99 and your wife is 90.
Like throw down a stick, or lift it up, and witness a miracle...when all you have is a stick.
He might tell you to go forward where there's no place to walk (yet). He might tell you to make a pan of cornbread with the last handful of cornmeal and the last drop of oil...and give it to someone else before you make another for yourself. He might tell you to prepare for rain, when it hasn't rained in months and there's not a cloud in the sky. He might tell you to capture a city by taking a walk. He might tell you to kill a giant with a slingshot and a rock. He might tell you to fight an army with a choir and a song of praise. He might tell you to ambush the enemy with a bugle and a flashlight.
With so many prophets running around these days, we need to keep in mind what God had some of His prophets do. Like preach in the buff (Isaiah). Like preach with a yoke around your neck (Jeremiah). Or wear your underwear on the outside of your pants (also Jeremiah). Like shave your head and do odd things with your hair (Ezekiel). Or save your poop to cook with (also Ezekiel). Or tie yourself to the ground for 430 days (Ezekiel again). Like marry a prostitute (Hosea). Then when she runs away, do it again. And again.
He may tell you to quit your day job, sell everything you have, and go to the mission field. He may tell you you to resign your comfortable position and do something else, something new, something everyone is warning you against. He may tell you to do the craziest things.
He won't tell you to do something that violates His word or causes you to sin. But He may tell you to do something that's against your better judgment. He sometimes makes adjustments to His instructions or gives you fuller understanding. But whatever He tells you to do can be trusted. Whatever He tells you will work out according to His plan and purpose. Just have a little faith. He won't let you down.
If He tells you to assault the gates of hell, take your water pistol. If He tells you to go catch Moby Dick in a rowboat, take your tartar sauce. If He tells you you're going to the other side, don't be concerned when the boat fills with water; it's not going under. If He tells you to rise up and walk, leap to your feet! Whatever He tells you to do, do it in faith, and do it with all of your heart.
God knows what He's doing, and everything is gonna be alright!
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