My Reflections on SCC's Take Another Step

"Take Another Step"

Well the band was playing, the flags were waving

And there you were

In the middle of a sunny day parade

The crowds were cheering, the sky was clear

Not a worry in the world

Marching on sure and steady, strong and straight

Take another step and another step and another step

Then the lightning flashed the thunder crashed

And suddenly

It began to rain and everybody ran

Then the sky went black as midnight

And you couldn’t see

Paralyzed by what you just can’t understand

And now here you are

You’re afraid to move

You don’t know where to go

You don’t know what to do

Take another step, take another step

When the road ahead is dark

And you don’t know where to go

Take another step, take another step

Trust God and take another step

And another step and another step

Take another step and another step and another step

We walk by faith and not by sight we know it’s true

We say it and sing it and love the way it sounds

But none of us can even begin to truly understand

What it really means ‘til all the lights go out

And there we are nothing to hold on to

But the promises God’s made to me and you

Take another step, take another step

When the road ahead is dark

And you don’t know where to go

Take another step, take another step

Trust God and take another step

If there’s an ocean in front of you

You know what you’ve gotta do

Take another step and another step

Maybe He’ll turn the water into land

And maybe He’ll take your hand and say

Let’s take a walk on the waves

Will you trust Me either way

And take another step

Take another step

Take another step

Take another step

Trust God and take another step

Take another step

When the road ahead is dark

And you don’t know where to go

Take another step

Take another step

Trust God and take another step

And another step and another step

Take another step and another step and another step

Take another step and another step and another step

Take another step and another step and another step

Steven Curtis Chapman continues to wow me through the years with powerful words and catchy tunes.  His album, The Glorious Unfolding, proved true.  I hear these words echo in my mind some days before my feet hit the floor.  My little guys scream from the depths of their toes, "take another step."  My ten year old son does not understand it all, but he has seen enough darkness.  Trusting God with another step requires much faith.  He is learning.

I am learning.  Many days my choice would be to curl up, pull the covers over my head and not move for a really, really long time.  That will never work.  I know that.  God has called me to take another step even in the darkness, in the storms.  When the ground is uneven, when my body hurts, when my strength is barely enough, I can take another step because I know that my God is there next to me ready to catch me.  I do not have to know the final destination, but I am not asked to.  Taking another step allows God to continue to direct me to where he wants me to be.  If I don't trust him with the next step, how can I trust him with the ones that lie down the road?