Good morning, world. Things are looking pretty good from the front porch of my farm in Virginia today. I met with the Living God with no expectations at all and He surprised me with the Lessons He had for me today. It’s when I set aside my own agenda and I surrender to His instead, that the most amazing Words flow from the Throne of a Mighty God straight into my soul. What a sweet reminder to me this morning that I’m not supposed to just walk in the Light, I’m supposed to “walk in the light as He is in the light” and in order to do that; I have to set aside my own will and my own agenda and do what He has for me without question. This isn’t a sign of weakness, but a sign of Strength and it’s the part of my life that makes no sense to the world. Isn’t that the way it is for you too?

It can be so easy to live a life according to how everybody else thinks we should live, and we can create our own turmoil when we make that mistake. There’s an opinion out there for every move we make and there’s criticism ready for every mistake. Most of us want to make decisions that “make sense” and we’ll look for reinforcement to rationalize our moves because of it. Some of us have people in our lives that somehow believe that they’re the appointed experts and they don’t mind speaking up about what we’re doing wrong and what we should be doing right. It’s human nature to feel more comfortable about our every move if other people agree with us, and sometimes when our plans “make sense” to them we can easily misconstrue that to be a “sign” that we’re headed in the right Direction. Although God sometimes uses His people to help confirm His Plans; the opinions and instructions from the rest of the world don’t matter at all when God has Plans for us that don’t make sense to anybody else but Him. To “walk in the light as He is in the Light” means that we follow His lead ESPECIALLY when it doesn’t make sense because when God sends us in a Direction that makes no sense, Faith kicks into overdrive and that’s where the biggest miracles happen. Living a life that doesn’t make sense to the rest of the world is the only God-way to live at all. This is the key to Trust.

There’s so much about my Life that doesn’t make sense that it would be impossible to list it all. Time and time again I’ve been told what I should do and I’ve been lectured for not following advice. I’ve weakened a time or two and I followed the lead of another, even when His Spirit was speaking a different tune to me…and I’ve paid a price bigger than most people can imagine because of it. When people come my way with opinions and instructions that differ from what I know to be True from God, I realize that they are more intent on being a stumbling block for me than a Messenger sent by Him. His Plans are rarely rational and His Plans don’t have to make sense to anybody…even to some of His “well meaning” People. When God tells me to do things that make no sense to the outside world, He surely doesn’t want me to look for approval elsewhere, and when God tells me to do things that make no sense to the world; I know He’ll be using me to be a Witness to the world of what Faith really looks like. God told Noah to build the ark even though Noah had never seen rain. I’m pretty sure that Noah became the focus of mass mockery (even to his own family) because what he set out to do according to God’s Instructions made no sense at all. If Noah had surrendered to mockery and had he ignored God’s Instructions that made no sense at all; none of us would be here today. It’s when we are willing to do things according to God’s Plans ESPECIALLY when they don’t make sense that we can be used in ways that have the Biggest Impact on the Kingdom in His Name. This is the key to Obedience.

I’ll keep living a life that makes no sense and I’m ready to tell a good God-story about the Journey anytime He gives me an audience. I’ll leave people shaking their heads about the miracle of my Survival and I’ll show them what it looks like to keep moving forward even when my Direction doesn’t make sense to anybody but God and even though I endured criticism from the rest of the world along the way. When we get on the other side of what didn’t make any sense at all, we see the Miracles and we see why God had us do what He had us do…and it all makes sense in the End.

How about you?