Have you heard thoughts or comments like these before?

“If they would just…”

“I think they should…”

“I would…”

I remember a visitor on a short-term mission team once talking about how easy it would be to get pure water into all the homes in Guatemala. If it is so easy, I thought, why doesn’t he come down and do it. I was angry but also convicted of my own such judgments in other areas.

Or maybe you’re more familiar with these thoughts or comments:

“If I just had (fill in the blank), I could do (whatever).”

“When (this) happens, then I can do (that).”

Regardless of what pattern I may fall into at different times, both places leave me paralyzed, stuck in the dark, not doing anything Kingdom worthy. Maybe that is why the following phrase jumped out at me at a recent missions conference:

“Walk in the available light.”

Arriving late, I heard only these words from the speaker.  I don’t know his context or motive for sharing, but God spoke to me.

“Walk in the available light” has become a short phrase to refocus and center me on the current thing I know God is calling me to do, so as not to get caught up in needing to know the next step. God will reveal His plan one step at a time. Will I be faithful to do this step now and walk in the available light? Will I look to Him and trust in Him?

I don’t know about you, but I choose to walk in the light, the available light.

Imagine what we can do if we each do this?

Your words are a flashlight to light the path ahead of me and keep me from stumbling (Psalm 119:105, TLB).