Details, Details...

I love this quote I read recently in Steven Furtick's blog:

God is more interested in your full obedience than your full understanding. Don’t worry. God has every detail in your life covered. He just doesn’t need you to know them first to follow Him faithfully.

It's just so true.  You can see it clearly over and over throughout the Bible... 

• God told Noah to build an ark in the desert while people mocked him. 
• David was annointed king as a boy while the current king decided to hunt him down and try to kill him.
• Joseph was betrayed by his family, falsely accused, and imprisoned, but the Lord was with him orchestrating his life for a much greater purpose. 
• Mary, a virgin, was told she was going to have a baby who would be the Savior of the world. 
• Moses was sent to lead thousands of Israelites out of Egypt to the Promised Land, and he butted heads with a hard hearted Pharaoh who didn't want to let those people go.

And I love the seemingly impossible promise that God makes to childless Abraham at the ripe old age of 99 in Genesis 15:

...the Lord spoke to Abram in a vision and said to him, “Do not be afraid, Abram, for I will protect you, and your reward will be great.”
But Abram replied, “O Sovereign Lord, what good are all your blessings when I don’t even have a son? You have given me no descendants of my own, so one of my servants will be my heir.”
Then the Lord said to him, “No, your servant will not be your heir, for you will have a son of your own who will be your heir.” Then the Lord took Abram outside and said to him, “Look up into the sky and count the stars if you can. That’s how many descendants you will have!”
And Abram believed the Lord, and the Lord counted him as righteous because of his faith.

Each and every time, God's plan and promises sounded almost a little absurd in the moment.  Each and every time, these people obediently followed God's leading, albeit somewhat hesitantly at times.  And each and every time, God was faithful.  I love it!

I don't know the details.  I have no clue what's going on most of the time.  I get stuck within the parts of life that don't make sense to me.  I throw myself a little pity party and offer up Abraham-like sentiments of what good are your blessings, God, when I don't have _______? 

But the same God who provided in the past, still provides today.  The same promises of God from the past, still hold true today.  The same God who carried His children through uncertainty, pain, trials, heartache, disappointment, and fear, still wraps His arms around us, picks us up, loves on us, and walks through the same things today.

Trust Him.  Cling to His promises.  Keep faithfully obeying Him.  And God will take care of the details!