Field guide · Crossings
Us with Godand Beginnings
Forecast: bright and unfamiliar, with gusts of nerves and a good chance of new friends.
Four tired ways to walk
Each has some truth in it. None of them is the whole story.
Under GodSheep that hide from the Shepherd
I’d better get this right, or God will let it all go wrong.
Over GodSheep that know the way
Research everything, plan every step, and nothing can surprise me.
From GodSheep that follow the grass
This move is going to fix everything I didn’t like about my old life.
For GodSheep trying to be the sheepdog
God put me here to make an impact, so I need to prove myself right away.
“The Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.”
Joshua stood at the edge of a new land with big shoes to fill, and God gave him company more than a strategy (Josh 1:9). Abram left home with directions that amounted to “go to the land I will show you” (Gen 12:1). A new job, a new city, a new school, a first apartment. He has already walked the streets we haven’t learned yet. “See, I am doing a new thing!” (Isa 43:19).
Where the Shepherd isHe goes first. “He goes on ahead of them, and his sheep follow him” (John 10:4).
On your first day somewhere new, pick one spot (a doorway, a parking space, a desk) and pray there, “You were here before me.”
Lord, go ahead of me into this, and help me find you when I get there.
Fellow travelers
People in Scripture who walked this ground before us.
Keep walking
- With God: Sheep that know his voicethe posture every entry points to
- Which Way Are You Walking?a short self-check
- The Field Guideevery entry, by terrain, weather and crossing