Devotions for a Busy Business Person, no. 289 – The Next Faithful Step

We have been busy rebuilding our strategy in ReGen.Global. In business, strategy decks, roadmaps, five-year plans, and dashboards are expected and important. We are trained to distrust anything that does not show the destination.

The bible often counters that logic. Scripture rarely gives the whole plan, though it does say how things will end. Instead, the Word consistently guides us toward the next step.

“Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.” – Psalm 119:105

I work often in countries where I walk on roads with no streetlamps, combined with interesting features like missing manholes and unmarked excavations in the pavement. I don’t need a light to show me my final destination two kilometres away. I need a headlamp that can show me my next step. God and His Word are that headlamp.

“By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go… even though he did not know where he was going.” – Hebrews 11:8

In Tajikistan, I work with a remarkable couple. They were forced to leave Russia when the war began, after doing faithful and fruitful work for the Lord there. Through prayer and conversation, they agreed to serve on one of the farms we support in Tajikistan. They went out, not knowing where they are going. They went out by faith.  

They are living in exile and working faithfully, one day at a time.  They look forward to a place designed and built by God. Until that place is revealed, they remain present and faithful in the work before them. 

God’s guidance is often local rather than global, incremental rather than comprehensive, and relational rather than procedural. Faithfulness, then, is not about clarity of outcome but attention to presence. Discernment may be less about deciding the future and more about being faithful in the ordinary now.

Prayer

Faithful God,
You know our desire to see the whole path before we begin.
Teach us to trust You with what we cannot yet see. 

Give us eyes to notice where we are standing,
hearts attentive to Your presence,
and courage to take the next faithful step.

Amen