“Go forth from your country, and from your relatives and from your father’s house, to the land which I will show you.”
—Genesis 12:1

If you are bored right now in your Christian walk, if you feel that your relationship with God is stagnant, I want you to know that you do not have to stay stuck. If you will completely surrender yourself to God, the Father is going to bring you into a new realm of experiencing His glory, abundance, and eternal life. But you have to let go of where you are and yield to and follow Him.

If you are so concerned about what people think about you that you won’t step out of the crowd to be different, you are going to stay stationary and unsatisfied. However, if you are willing to let go and obey Him, even if it does not make sense at the time, God is going to bring you into something fresh, new, and superior to where you are now!

You and I should be seeking to have an experience like Abraham’s. He was willing to leave what he was comfortable with, forsake all that made him secure in the natural, and not consider what others thought—because he trusted God. To receive something more of God, to obtain the extraordinary, we cannot be concerned with our comforts or being different.

If we are too afraid of standing out or of taking a step of faith like Abraham did, God is unable to do what He wants to do for us because we are holding on to where we are. If we hold on to where we are, how can we come out of that place into a new thing? We have to trust HaShem, let go, and then follow Him where He leads us. This can involve either our internal thoughts and attitudes or our external circumstances.

God’s Spirit is living, active, and real. We can truly have divine satisfaction and be led into an abundant life but only if we pursue Him with our all. Even though it can be scary, be assured that there is a reward on the other side!

Father God, I want more of You, more of Your color in my life. I choose to follow You as Abraham did. I let go of the things that make me feel secure in the natural, and yield to You instead. I love You; I want You. I will let go of and stop clinging to where I am and follow You to where You will lead me.

Rabbi Kirt A. Schneider, Rivers of Divine Truth (Lake Mary, FL: Charisma House, 2021), Used by permission.