One Step at a Time
Today's route started with a 500-foot climb in elevation in just over a mile. I'd barely wiped the sleep from my eyes, and there it was.
When the mountain came into view, it looked daunting. So I made a decision. Don't look at the whole picture. Break it down into segments and tackle one piece at a time. Cover the first segment, then the next, then the next. One part at a time until I reach the top.
It worked.
We all have problems that can seem insurmountable when we look at them as a whole. The full weight. The full cost. It can crush us before we've taken a single step. Stress and anxiety will set in while we're standing at the bottom looking up.
In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus spoke directly to this. "Do not worry about tomorrow; tomorrow will take care of itself." He forbids us from becoming a slave to anxiety. God gives grace for today. He does not promise grace for a future we haven't arrived at yet.
If we look to God for help, He will meet us with grace and walk with us step by step. He doesn't ask us to see the whole road. He asks us to trust the next step. And then the next, and then the next.
And that is enough.
