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Here's what I think. I think that you don't know the whole story of your life. Sometimes we look at chapters in our lives and we begin to think that’s my whole story. Did you ever hear someone say, "That’s the story of my life?" Did you ever say it? It usually pops out after a failure or when circumstances are less than we had hoped. We say it in the midst of the hard chapters. Sometimes it’s said in despair. But you don’t know the whole story, not even your own. Because you aren’t the author God is. And here is what I know about God...

God uses imperfect people and difficult circumstances to write his epic story. And you are part of that story. So, what's your story?

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In this episode, I want to talk about the rule of the first step. Sometimes God seeks to test and grow our faith all at the same time. It's called the rule of the first step. You find it all over the place in the Bible. I am sufficient for you, we hear God whisper. I will be with you. I will give you my power. I will show you my glory. I will cause others to be amazed by what I do in you and through you. But I'm going to ask you to take the first step. I'm going to ask you to take a risk.

It's the rule of the first step. Peter you can walk on the water, but first you need to step out of the boat. The 5000 don't get fed until a young man first steps forward to give up his lunch. God doesn't deliver his people till Esther risks her life by stepping forward to the King. Resurrection doesn't happen till Jesus sets his face to Jerusalem to walk up Golgotha with a cross on his back.

Sometimes you have to step into your miracle!

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In Joshua 3, God leads the people of God to an uncrossable river? Most of the year this river was easily crossable, but He brought them to the river during harvest, which was a time when the river was impossible. Why did He do that? Well let me give the easy answer. He brought them to that river at that time, because He was getting ready to do a miracle. I don't know if you have ever noticed this, but every miracle starts with a problem. No problem. No need for a miracle.

Did you ever notice how everyone wants a miracle but no one ever wants to need a miracle? Why did God bring them to the river at this moment in time? Perhaps because from God's perspective, that uncrossable river was an opportunity to seed an undaunted faith in their hearts. What is your uncrossable river?