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My son cracks me up when he plays Madden (NFL Video Game for those who don’t know).  He pretty much goes for a touchdown every play, and he’s usually successful.  But, that strategy rarely works in real football.  A far more effective strategy is to get 10 yard chunks and “move the sticks,” so that you get another set of downs to get 10 yards…until you get a touchdown.
The same is true with our walk with God.  Rarely do we see huge “touchdowns” where this major miracle happens in our life…or our entire future is crystal clear.  Usually, God leads by having us just move the sticks for a new set of downs; we grow incrementally as He teaches us, brings people and circumstances into our lives, and allows us to see just far enough ahead to stay close to Him.  Look at the life of Mary, who found out she’d give birth to God’s Son…then imagine the wonder and stress that was on her throughout her life, taken from “Mary, Devoted To God’s Plan”:
While the subsequent steps of her journey do not get easier (imagine raising the Son of God!), her story teaches us a profound lesson: the life of faith is made up of a series of steps that bring us closer to the fulfillment of God’s will, but not necessarily farther from the challenges and struggles involved with moving ahead.
She then watched Jesus flourish.  Then slowly he was conspired against, then betrayed, then killed…then resurrected. Moms, can you even imagine?  If God would’ve revealed all of that at one time, she could never handle it, but He took her in steps.  So take steps, move the sticks, take action…but don’t expect an immediate touchdown, moving the sticks is progress.  You might say “how?”  It all starts by getting on our knees in prayer, I mean really praying for God to show you the next step, ask Him what He wants to do, tell Him you’re ready for anything!
Proverbs 3:6- “in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.”

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