This devotion is on God’s grace given in motion. What that means is as I am doing what God “told” or led me to do, He provides the grace as needed.

But in all of this what stuck out to me was a seemingly obscure sentence near the end:

What he (God) does not do is tell them (the Israelites)…or me…what is going to happen beforehand.

God is not obligated to tell me or anyone else what is going to happen as events unfold. If he did, it would be like playing one of those “write your own stories/ending” games. But I don’t get to choose and God doesn’t have to tell me (and he doesn’t). What I do know and have to trust is God does know what He is doing. Exactly what He is doing. My personal Scripture reading right now is the beginning of the story of Joseph. Favored son. Hated brother. Receiver of his brothers’ jealousy. Sold to Ishmaelites in a caravan. Then sold/auctioned off to Potiphar. He did not know his future. God did. I do but only because it is written down. There is more to come in Joseph’s life. But he doesn’t know it. God does. Joseph finally does when he says, “You meant it for evil but God meant it for good.” Hindsight showed him God’s goodness.

“Father, I don’t know what is going to happen next. You do. All you have asked me to do is trust and go. You will supply the grace needed. So help me to go and not worry about the future. Just trust and go.”