Throughout 2024, I found myself where everything that could be shaken up in life was being shaken all at once. From relationships to my career and even my mental health, everything was being shaken. Not knowing what to do but still trying to hold on to the little faith I had, I cried out to God, saying, “I need you to help me through this. I don’t know what I’m doing, if I’m going in the right direction, or if I’m where I’m supposed to be. I need you to show me!”
All I heard was, “Walk.”
I’m at a point in my walk with God where I’m learning what it means to be a daughter of God and allowing Him to show up as my Father and comfort me. I expected to hear something like, “I’m here, daughter; you’re on the right course.” Instead, it was simply “Walk.”
I wasn’t sure what God meant by that until He took me to the passage in Matthew 14 when Peter walked on water. Peter asked Jesus to tell him to come as proof that Jesus was the one out on the water. Jesus calls Peter to go, so he gets off the boat in the middle of the storm and begins walking towards Jesus. However, Peter began to sink when he noticed the wind and took his focus off Jesus (Matthew 14:28-30).
Like Peter, I found myself asking God to reveal Himself to be true in my situation. I wanted Him to show me I could press forward in something that felt impossible. That one word is proof that He is who He says He is in my life, and I can make it through this season simply because He spoke it.
Now, no one is perfect. Like our dear friend Peter, I find myself in moments where I’m distracted by what’s happening around me. When things in my day-to-day life are shaken, and life throws multiple things in my direction, I quietly whisper to myself, “Walk,” to keep myself in check.
But that’s not the only way distraction comes. In other moments, distraction looks like pressing forward and walking as God instructed but constantly worrying if I’m going in the right direction or pace. It’s easy to overthink a simple instruction from God instead of following it. Don’t overthink it, walk.
I’ve learned that sometimes we get detailed step-by-step instructions from God, and other times we may get one word. If you find yourself like Peter and me and have just one word from God for your current season, remember, that word is enough.
Don’t doubt, don’t overthink; obey. Just walk!
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