Must I Move Forward??

This post was written a couple of weeks ago and I never got around to posting it (probably because I still wasn't ready to move forward...) but I think it is pertinent to my life right now more than ever!

So I'm in a rut...a place that I can't get out of...well that's not entirely true; it's a place that I don't really want to get out of. It is a place of comfort but NOT a place of abundance. Sometimes it is easier to be in a place of comfort. I find myself wondering why I can't get out of this particular place I am in; then, it dawns on me-I don't want to. I want to sulk and feel sorry for myself because it is easier than moving on and moving forward.

Why am I scared of moving forward? Because I do not know what that place ahead will hold. I only know that God is telling me to move forward. Does God have ill intentions for my life...NO! Would I ever dare say that he has ill intentions towards me...nope! But that is exactly what I am saying when I refuse to move forward. I am saying I do not trust that the place ahead is better than this place of comfort. Another fear I have of moving forward is that I will forget what is in the past. But why? Doesn't God's word command us to do just that: "Forget the former things...see I am doing a new thing" If I want to move forward, I must stop looking backwards.

Okay awesome, I have figured out my diagnosis but what in the world is the cure for my predicament. Well, that is where God's word speaks truth into my life. I was talking to friend today about the book of Joshua and just could not stop thinking about it, so that is where I immediately went to when I opened my Bible (side note: I love how the Lord works through other believers in order to teach us!) In Joshua 1:6-9 the Lord is addressing Joshua after Moses' death. I could imagine there was a sense of hesitancy among the Israelites about going into the Promised Land after becoming comfortable in the Wilderness for 40 years. I could imagine some of them were feeling the same way I feel tonight. As the Lord addresses Joshua, three things jump out from the Scriptures:
1. Be strong and courageous
2. Be very careful to follow the Lord's commands
3. Meditate on his scripture.

So this is what I must do...I must seek the Lord. I must be intentional about moving forward. It won't be easy but it is NECESSARY. Meditating on God's scripture and following his commands take intentional decisions to do so. So here I go...I am deciding tonight to move forward, even though I don't want to. I am trusting that God will once again bring me to a place of abundance...that place of knowing Him more intimately.