"Crossing the Bar": The Call of God

Now the Lord had said unto Abram, Get thee out. . . . Genesis 12:1

“Crossing the Bar” is indicative of what happens whenever we act in faith in God. Whatever the faith is in connection with, we have to launch right out on God.

Faith never knows where it is being led, it knows and loves the One Who is leading. It is a life of faith, not of intelligence and reason, but a life of knowing Who is making me “go."

The Call of God

The call of God can never be stated explicitly, it is implicit. The call of God is like the call of the sea, or of the mountains; no one hears these calls but the one who has the nature of the sea or of the mountains; and no one hears the call of God who has not the nature of God in him.

Before us there is nothing, but overhead there is God, and we have to trust Him. If we insist on explanations before we obey, we lie like clogs on  God’s plan and put ourselves clean athwart His purpose.

When Jesus Christ says “Follow Me,” He never says to where, the consequences must be left entirely to Him.

As we live in contact with God, His order comes to us in the haphazard, and we recognize that every detail of our lives is engineered for us by our Heavenly Father. If we are going to live a life of faith, we must rest nowhere until we see God and know Him in spite of all apparent contradictions.

Excerpt From: Oswald Chambers. “Not Knowing Whither.”