‘IF THEY HAD BEEN THINKING OF THE COUNTRY THEY HAD LEFT, THEY WOULD HAVE HAD OPPORTUNITY TO RETURN.’ HEBREWS 11:15 NIV

Any pilot will tell you that there’s a point of no return. The runway has all been used up. It’s fly or die! In Hebrews 11 you discover a list of ordinary people who did extraordinary things because they never lost their vision; who in the worst of times refused to turn back: ‘If they had been thinking about the country they had left, they would have had opportunity to return. Instead, they were longing for a better country.’ But when you decide to follow God not everybody will be happy about it. Your vision could be their nightmare. Your success could prove their predictions wrong, or remind them of dreams they didn’t follow or abandoned. Often the first place you’ll feel this is at home. Joseph did. So did Jesus. That’s a price you must pay. If failure is not a possibility then success doesn’t mean much. When Abraham decided to leave home and follow God he had no idea where the journey would take him or what it would involve. Neither will you. Divine guidance usually begins with God ‘stirring up your nest’ (See Deuteronomy 32:11). Until your misery factor exceeds your fear factor you won’t move! If you’re too comfortable don’t expect God to give you more – you’re not ready for it. When you start taking risks you’ll pray like you’ve never prayed and stay in God’s Word until you get answers because your life depends on it. Bottom line: when you decide, ‘I’ve come too far to turn back,’ you’ll begin to see God’s hand at work in your life!