Will I Walk? – Devotional (Week 4 God Speaks Grace Series)
You have probably heard it said that we are either going into a storm, in a storm, or coming out of a storm. But our walk with God is more than weathering circumstances. It is learning to stay in step with Him in every season. With God as our Father and Jesus as our Shepherd, our lives are meant to be gently led, continually shaped, and steadily guided forward.
This week is about the rhythm of a believer’s life. After God has spoken grace to us and we have responded, remained, and trusted, we don’t stop. We move forward. We walk intentionally. And that movement becomes a cycle that shapes us again and again.
Every step forward teaches our hearts that God is trustworthy.
Moving forward is no longer about courage and bravery.
It becomes about blessing.
It becomes about transformation.
It becomes about discovering that obedience strengthens trust rather than drains it.
Trust deepens when we begin to see:
God was faithful when we were afraid.
Provision was waiting on the other side of obedience.
Peace followed surrender to walking through the unknown.
Confidence grows not from control, but from our lived experiences with His faithfulness.
This is the complexity and yet the beauty of the cycle:
Respond.
Remain.
Trust.
Move forward and walk by faith.
And then we do it again.
Not because we are uncertain, but because we are growing.
Not because we are weak, but because we are being shaped and transformed.
Not because we have everything figured out, but because we have learned who we are walking with – our Good Shepherd.
Moving forward with our Shepherd is where trust becomes testimony.
And the ending rests in Psalm 66:16:
“Come and hear, all you who fear God, and I will tell what He has done for my soul.”
As we walk and grow alongside the Good Shepherd, a testimony is formed that is deeply personal and unmistakably our own. No one can deny it. No one can take it from us. It belongs to us because it was written in the place where God met us.
Some of the hardest days of my life—days marked by grief and deep despair—have also been the days where God revealed His faithfulness most clearly. Those moments now speak for themselves. They echo again and again:
Yes, God is true.
Yes, God is good.
Yes, God is faithful.
These are the blessings of moving forward. Not ease. Not certainty. But knowing Him more fully.
Job said, “My ears had heard of You, but now my eyes have seen You.”
There is immeasurable value in knowing God in a way we never knew Him before. A deeper knowing often comes on the other side of obedience, after walking through the door, after choosing to trust, after stepping forward.
God meets us there, and our testimony becomes what we tell of His righteousness, His mighty acts, and His salvation.
So, you see, moving forward with our Shepherd IS where trusting God becomes our testimony. There are no greater steps you can take.
Oh, my friend, will you walk with Him today?
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