When you want God to explain before you obey

You can bring both belief and unbelief honestly to Jesus.

Mark 9:24

When you want God to explain before you obey. This is the kind of moment that can expose what has really been running underneath. You may have influence here without having control. Stay responsible for your response without pretending you are responsible for everything. Your relationship with God is not secured by your ability to feel certain every day. Let the person and work of Jesus Christ carry what your feelings cannot. Move on the responsibility that truly belongs to you. Faithfulness has a boundary; let God remain God beyond it.

What familiar reaction is already waiting in the wings? How could you answer this moment from truth rather than habit?

Lord Jesus, interrupt the old reflex before it takes control of this moment. Renew my thinking and strengthen me for the next right action. Amen.