Walking With Christ

Acts 9:6  But rise and enter the city, and you will be told what you are to do.”(ESV)

Saul’s entire understanding of his life collapsed on the road to Damascus.

He’d been certain of his mission.  He knew where he was going, why he was going there, and what he intended to do when he arrived.

Then Jesus stopped him.

Saul didn’t receive a complete explanation of everything that would follow.  He was given one instruction: enter the city and wait to be told what to do next.

Sometimes that’s all we receive.

We want the full route.  We want to know where the decision will lead, what it will cost, and whether the outcome will justify the effort.  But faithfulness rarely requires that much information.

It requires obedience to what’s already clear.

The next faithful thing may be dramatic, but it often isn’t.  It may be making a phone call, admitting the truth, apologizing, resting, finishing a neglected responsibility, or refusing to take a step we know would be wrong.

The size of the action doesn’t determine its importance.

A small step in the right direction can reveal information that standing still never could.  It changes our angle, exposes assumptions, and gives us a clearer view of where we actually are.

But the goal isn’t movement for its own sake.

Not every available step is faithful.  Fear can push us forward.  Impatience can make stillness feel like failure.  Desperation can convince us that any action is better than none.

The next faithful thing is the step that agrees with what God has already made clear, even when it doesn’t reveal the whole journey.

Saul couldn’t yet see the road ahead.

He only had to enter the city.

We may not know where we’re ultimately going from here.

But we can ask what faithfulness requires from us now.