Steps to Stepping Out
November 17, 2017
Getting ready to be ready is as important as getting ready
Sometimes it is the best you can do.
There are 197 instances of the words, "prepare" and "preparation" in the NIV Bible including this reference to Yahweh's preparation:
"You prepare table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows." (Ps. 23:5)
Mark 14:12 offers us an insight into taking steps toward stepping out when the disciples ask, "Where do you want us to go and make preparations for you to eat the Passover?"
In this case, they were making preparations for a preparation. The Passover was one of the last steps in preparing Jesus for the cross and the finding a location for the meal was a preparation for that.
You will not arrive where you are going in a single leap. Whatever your goals may be, they will be reached systematically and patiently or not at all.
Step back to step forward and begin to take the steps that will lead toward stepping out.