Faith To Move From Here To There

This week's blog comes from  Guest Blogger - Jason Elsmore, Senior Pastor at

Gateway Baptist Church.

Faith to move from here to there 

When we read about Godly leaders in the Bible, they all had one thing in common. They had faith in God that He could move people from where they were to where God wanted them to be. Without that faith, others would never have taken the first step in that direction. Without the faith to step out and follow God’s plans they would never have become the leaders that we are still teaching kids about thousands of years later.

David had faith to believe that God could defeat Goliath when no one else dared to take a step in the giants direction and take ground from the Philistine army. Moses eventually had faith (it took some convincing) that God could set a million slaves free from Egypt. The Hebrews would never have left Egypt and crossed the Red Sea unless Moses had faith in God that He could set them free and deliver them into a promised land. Nehemiah had faith to believe that the walls in Jerusalem could be rebuilt and the city would once again bring glory to God, while others seemed content to stay in the ruins. 

A leader is someone who has the faith to believe that God can move a group of people from where they are to where God wants them to be.

I have faith that God can move our Church to plant other Churches; to begin training centres for girls rescued from trafficking and to baptise 1000 people in the next 8 years. They might seem like big steps of faith for some of you but along the way there have been many other smaller steps of faith. I remember the first time I had faith to believe that God could save 1 person when I shared the Gospel to a group of young people and when I had the faith to start a youth band when I clearly had no musical ability. When you step out in faith in obedience to God people will follow and God will move.    

How is God calling you to step out in faith to move people from where they are to where God wants them to be? I pray that you will have the courage to take a step in the right direction.