One year in elementary school I decided to audition for the school play. I got the role of Penelope Pitstop and I was nervous! I remember two things about that experience. My biggest line was ‘woe is me, my life is in shambles!’; and also, that moment standing backstage before the curtain went up. I remember peeking from the side stage and seeing some of the audience. But it was nothing like what I saw when I walked out center stage and saw the whole room full of faces staring back at me. The crowd was there the whole time…even though I couldn’t see them.

Where we are in life today may feel a little like peering through the crack in the curtain on stage. We can’t see the whole scene yet. We don’t know how our situation is going to work out. We don’t know who will be in our audience. What we DO know is that God is already there. He is there with us when we are center stage and God is there with us when we are sitting in the audience. We might feel a little like my Penelope Pitstop character with our life feeling like its in shambles…but there is nothing that will happen in our day that will surprise God. He already knows…and God has a plan!

So don’t be afraid to answer God’s calling. Step out in faith. The stage He has set for you is so much bigger than what you can see. Trust Him. Psalm 25:4 (NLT) reminds us that we can! “Show me the right path, O LORD; point out the road for me to follow. Lead me by Your truth and teach me, for You are the God who saves me. All day long I put my hope in You.”