As we're growing closer to God, I ask people to decide when God wants them to stay planted exactly where they are.

Most of us could stop doing something that's hindering our passion for Jesus and effectiveness in following him.

God doesn't want us to be happy when it causes us to do something wrong or unwise

Obedience is our responsibility. The outcome is God's responsibility. As we learn to trust him with our future, trust him with those we love, trust him as our provider, and trust his sovereign plan, that gives us the foundation to step out in faith. We can trust that he'll always be faithful.

Unfortunately, the Bible won't tell you directly, "Thou shalt take the new job in marketing..." or "Thou shalt go directly from undergraduate school to honor me in graduate school." While the Bible doesn't speak to some of our specific decisions, it does speak to every decision about who God wants us to become.

Scripture teaches us that we should trust God and not lean on our own wisdom or understanding. To do this, we have to strive to know God intimately, walking by faith and not by sight. This may not be easy at first, but it starts with simple obedience.

Your life is too valuable, your calling too great, & your God too awesome to waste your life on what doesn't matter.