What's Next?

We often find ourselves standing at the threshold of a new season, staring at a landscape filled with both immense promise and daunting giants. Like the Israelites on the edge of the Promised Land, we are frequently caught in the tension between a God-given sense of destiny and the paralyzing grip of fear. It is easy to agree that the "land" God has called us to is good—full of abundance and purpose—but the moment we calculate the cost, our perspective shifts. We begin to focus on the strength of the opposition or our own perceived inadequacies, feeling like grasshoppers in a world of giants. Yet, the spiritual life is not defined by the absence of fear, but by the conviction that God’s purpose is greater than our greatest anxiety.

True vision requires us to look past the immediate discomfort of the "surgery" or the "struggle" to see the long-term fruit of our faithfulness. Caleb, at eighty-five years old, possessed the same fire he had at forty because his identity wasn't rooted in his circumstances, but in the promise of God. He understood that many of our greatest accomplishments begin with the word "impossible." When we delay our obedience until we feel a perfect sense of peace or until every obstacle is removed, we often trade a life of destiny for a life of wandering. Peace is frequently the byproduct of a decision made in faith, rather than a prerequisite for making it.

To live like you are dying is to recognize that our time is a gift intended for a specific purpose. We are called to be driven by convictions that outlive us, building a legacy that allows us to "hold our grandkids" spiritually and physically without the pain of regret. Today, the mountain still stands, and the giants may even seem larger than they did years ago. But the God who made the promise has already decided the battle. Our call is simply to step forward with a wholehearted "Yes," trusting that when we are driven by His destiny, He provides the strength to take the mountain.