Fearless-Factor - Genesis 22:12

Are you willing to give it all to the Lord? Would you sacrifice your most prized possession for Jesus? I would like to think I would lay it all down for Him. I have trusted God many times in my life with my career. I have been afraid of what the next month holds and I have also been blessed. I have learned to give Him my career. In 2000, My wife and I lived in California. We both had great jobs and were both making great money. More than we knew what to do with. Vanessa became pregnant and said she wanted to stay home with the children. This would definitely cramp out lifestyle with her not working, but I said to do so we would need to move back east to VA. She agreed and the plans were made. I found a decent job as a consultant/salesperson and we were ready to go. Here is the God thing, the week I started my new job, the company I worked for laid off my entire department without warning. If we would have stayed we would have been without work, another mouth to feed and 3,000 miles away from family. The same thing happen with another company, I felt God was telling me it was time to leave after 4 solid years. I had been a leader in the division and the money wasn't that bad. I was happy with my career. But I Trust God, with a new opportunity and stepped down on a Tuesday and a division wide layoff occurred on that Friday. Now that was a close call. God has opened up a new career opportunity for me with my current company. God has shown me Christian, God-Fearing men at this company. God is in control. Now, I am not performing to the level that I am use to, but I know God is in control. I worry everyday, just like all of us do, about the unknown, but I trust that God is my Provider. I have given my life, my career, my ministry to Jesus Christ. What can man do to me? Just as Abraham, trusted God with his son Isaac. I too will trust and fear only Him. The Fearless Factor for today is Gen: 22:12 "Now I know you fear God, because you have not withheld from me...". This verse is talking about Abraham's Son Isaac being sacrificed, for us we may be withholding something else we hold dear to us. For some it may be your money, others their careers, for some it may be God Time. Remember that God provided the sacrifice for Abraham in the thicket. He will do the same for you. Don't withhold from God, and He won't withhold from you. Be Fearless and Quiet No More. Your Brother in Christ, Trey