My realtor called Tuesday. The people buying my house want to do their final walk through next week. The sale of my house is almost complete.

It’s no secret that I’m really struggling with this transition in my life. For months, I’ve had days of trusting that God has more for me and just as many days thinking “what have I done?”. Today, nearly every ounce of me wants to stay put. (To be honest, I’ve actually thought about sabotaging the sale somehow.)

But I can’t.

I must keep putting one foot in front of the other – or packing the next box. Sometimes God asks us to move outside our comfort zones, however hard that may be.

Just Like the Israelites
Sadly, God showed me that I am just like the Israelites leaving Egypt. They were slaves who were treated harshly and yet that was their comfort zone. When they followed Moses out of Egypt, they continued to think slavery was preferrable to God’s plan of freedom in the Promised Land. When troubles came, they murmured, “why did we ever leave Egypt?” and they constantly complained. God grew weary of their questioning and caused a journey of a few weeks to last 40 years.

Exodus 14:11-12 (NLT): and they (the Israelites) said to Moses, “Why did you bring us out here to die in the wilderness? Weren’t there enough graves for us in Egypt? What have you done to us? Why did you make us leave Egypt? Didn’t we tell you this would happen while we were still in Egypt? We said, ‘Leave us alone! Let us be slaves to the Egyptians. It’s better to be a slave in Egypt than a corpse in the wilderness!’”

A Choice
With Egypt (my house) in my rear-view mirror and staring down on the Red Sea (temporary housing), I know I have a choice: I can hold onto the promises of God and trust him to deliver me through this uncertainty into my own Promised Land; or I can complain, sulk in the wilderness and delay God’s blessing in my life.

Staying positive and Christ-centered is the best attitude, particularly when I want the temporary to be as short as possible. God wants me to learn this lesson. The faster I do, the sooner I will move into the house he has for me. I certainly don’t want this transition to take 40 years.

Is there a change in your life that you’re fighting? How are you getting through it? How do you keep your eyes focused on the future?

Ephesians 1:11 (NLT)
Furthermore, because we are united with Christ, we have received an inheritance from God, for he chose us in advance, and he makes everything work out according to his plan.

Exodus 14:13 (NLT): But Moses told the people, “Don’t be afraid. Just stand still and watch the Lord rescue you today. The Egyptians you see today will never be seen again.”