Through out the Scriptures, we see God calling his followers to live a life of 'sentness.' Stability, social comfort, relational control, safety, success, respect, or clarity were not expected. People had to go purely out of obedience, a personal sense of calling, in faith and simply because they loved God. Outcome didn’t matter; faithfulness did.
Jesus asked His disciples to leave their nets while still clueless. As they walked and lived with him, they learned that His ways challenged their ways. In fact, His plans would often pull them into the unknown and into situations that forced them to trust the miraculous. Christian people are a people on a move, constantly sent by God to the world. To be missional is the call of every church. It’s the call of every Christian. Jesus said to his followers, to us, 'As the Father has sent me, I am sending you.'
–Hugh Halter

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God, give me the courage to leave my net and step out onto the water. I have been struggling with wanting to grab back onto it, to rely on stability and security. Help me to know that my security is in YOU and YOU alone. Help me deny the American dream as a way of life. Make it unnatural to me.

Amen.