Walking with God :: Sara Horn

I just got finished this past week with John Eldredge’s new book, Walking with God. I met John Eldredge several years ago when I was covering a retail division conference meeting and John was one of the keynote speakers. He and his wife Stasi were both there and after he spoke, I stood in line to ask one very important question that had been on my heart for quite awhile.

“How do you know when God’s leading you into something new?”

I explained to him how I felt like God wanted me to come home and write full time… to be more available to my family as well as to be open to new challenges and adventures… but to step away from the security of a good paycheck and a good job wasn’t just scary–it was terrifying.

Before he even started talking, the tears were welling up in my eyes and he smiled at me and said, “Honestly, I think you already know what you’re supposed to do. You don’t really need me to tell you what to do. But I’ve found in my experience that if you step out in faith, then God is going to honor that.”

His willingness to just listen to me was part of what gave me the courage to do what I felt God was asking me to do. So, here I am, four years later, working from home and currently on my seventh book (four have been ghosties and one hasn’t yet been published). It hasn’t all been smooth sailing and I know I’ve made mistakes and struggled along the way.

That’s why I love this new book because John brings up an important point that I know for me I’ve wrestled with, and need to wrestle with more. See, it’s not just about walking with God and asking for direction. It’s learning to ask simple questions. It’s learning to ask the next question.

As John points out in the book, how can you expect to know you’re hearing God correctly with the big areas of life if you never include Him in on the little things in life? And then, in addition to that, asking the next question and not taking off like you’re in a horse race to the finish line?

That’s definitely where I struggle. I get an indication from God on what He wants me to do, and then I’m out the door so fast doing it that I miss the next step. I think I’ve listened and am following what He wants, but maybe I’m not because I haven’t asked the next question.

This is a discipline I think that will take a while to “get.” But I think it’s really important to practice. Asking the next question. Giving the small things over to God as well as the big ones.

I would appreciate your prayers this week. I have deadlines to meet, Wives of Faith events to plan, and trying to juggle it all with spending time with my little boy who is now out for the summer and being there for my husband.

I’m sorry I have been light on the blogging over the last few months. I really hope to get back to it regularly but until these deadlines are met, you may not want to expect full sermons… just mini devos every now and then.