God offers His presence before His plan, Himself before explanations, and trust before clarity.
I'm writing today's devotion from a family dairy farm. Thousands of acres stretch before me, and as I watch the sun rise and set, I can see farther than I can at home in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex. There, the horizon is interrupted by buildings, roads, and trees. Here, my view feels endless.
As I sat taking it all in, I couldn't help but think about how desperately we want that kind of visibility in our lives.
We want to see farther ahead.
We want answers before decisions have to be made. We want clarity before we take the next step. We want reassurance that everything will work out the way we hope it will.
It's easy to look for resolution before presence. To seek answers before seeking God.
But throughout Scripture, God often offers something different first: Himself.
When I think about our desire for certainty, I often think back to the Garden of Eden.
Before the fall, Adam and Eve lived in perfect fellowship with God. There was no shame. No fear. No anxiety. They trusted His provision completely because they walked closely with the One who provided it.
They had no need to grasp for control because they lived with the One who already held it.
The fall introduced what we know so well today: uncertainty, fear, self-protection, and the temptation to take matters into our own hands.
Anxiety often grows from the belief that a need may not be met. We begin trying to manage outcomes, protect ourselves, and control situations that were never ours to control in the first place.
God created us to work, build, love, and steward what He places before us. But He never asked us to carry the weight of being God.
That belongs to Him.
What we often call control is really an attempt to find peace apart from trust.
And yet, from the beginning of Scripture to the end, God's invitation remains the same: Walk with Me.
The greatest gift isn't clarity about the future.
It's a deeper awareness of the One who is already holding it.
One of the clearest examples of this invitation is found in Exodus 33.
Moses was seeking direction for the future. The Israelites had rebelled against God by worshiping the golden calf, and uncertainty hung heavily over what would come next. God had warned that He would send an angel before them, but Moses knew that guidance alone was not enough.
He wanted God Himself.
And God responded:
"My Presence will go with you, and I will give you rest." (Exodus 33:14)
Notice what God did not give Moses.
He didn't provide a detailed roadmap.
He didn't answer every question about the journey ahead.
He gave His presence.
Because God's presence accomplishes what explanations never can.
His presence gives peace when circumstances remain uncertain.
His presence gives courage when we cannot see the outcome.
His presence gives rest when our minds are tempted to race ahead.
The promise God made to Moses is still His invitation to us today.
Not necessarily a life free from difficulty.
Not immediate answers to every question.
But His presence.
His guidance.
His companionship.
His peace.
As I sit here looking across these open fields, I find myself reflecting on God's kindness. We often reach for control because we think it will make us feel safer. Adam and Eve did it in the Garden. We do it in our relationships, our work, our futures, and our plans.
But God's love for us has never changed.
The fellowship He created us for is still available.
The invitation to walk with Him is still open.
The peace found in His presence is still offered freely.
We live in a world filled with opportunities to worry, strive, and grasp for certainty. Yet every day, God invites us into something better.
Not a life where we know everything.
A life where we know Him.
And perhaps that is His kindness.
Because the greatest gift isn't knowing exactly what comes next.
It's walking with the One who already does.
Britt Goff #WheatfulWednesday
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Thank you so much for this! What a perfect, timely reminder that our trust belongs in Him. Not ourselves. 🙏🏻