What to Do When You're Afraid God Is Asking Too Much

There are moments when what God seems to be asking feels like more than you can offer. In this episode, discover what it looks like to keep moving toward God when the ask feels like too much, fear and all.Basil Scott was 8 years old when the Japanese army took over his boarding school in Shanghai. His parents weren't with him. He spent the next 3 years in a prisoner of war camp, a child on starvation rations with no way to reach his family. At 10, he contracted meningitis and was paralyzed down one side. The mission doctor who treated him called his survival one of 2 miracle cases in the camp.He made it home after liberation in 1945, came to faith as a young man in England, and began building a life that had nothing to do with Asia.Then in November 1955, he heard Billy Graham preach on sacrifice at Cambridge. And somewhere in that room, Basil felt God asking him a question he didn't want to answer. He described what followed as an overwhelming call back to Asia as a missionary, back to the part of the world that had taken 3 years of his childhood and almost taken his life.He had every reason to say no. He went anyway.Most of us will never face anything like what Basil faced. But a lot of us know what it feels like to be in front of something God is asking that feels like more than we have. The cost is too high and you've been going for a long time, and the question you keep coming back to is whether God knows what He's doing.This episode takes that question seriously. Jeremiah told God he felt deceived. Abraham climbed a mountain without knowing how it would end. Both of them kept moving toward God while carrying everything they were afraid of. Through Basil's story and Jeremiah 20:7-9, this episode looks at what faith under pressure looks like in practice, and what God asks of the person who is running low.I've been in that place. When I was in college studying music, God started nudging me toward pastoral ministry. I'm an introvert. Standing in front of people and speaking isn't how I'm wired. My first response was that God had the wrong person. Forty-five years later, I know He didn't. But at the time, what He was asking felt like more than I had.BY THE TIME YOU FINISH LISTENING, YOU'LL DISCOVER:Why Jeremiah's complaint to God in Jeremiah 20 is one of the most underappreciated pictures of faith in ScriptureWhat Abraham's reasoning in Hebrews 11 reveals about how to keep moving when the circumstances make no senseOne concrete step you can take today if you're carrying something that feels like more than you haveGod rarely shows the full picture before He asks you to take the first step. The picture comes into focus as you walk.Share This Episode:https://www.dailydevotionsforbusylives.com/229Need Prayer? Leave me a voicemail:https://www.dailydevotionsforbusylives.com/voicemailWant to keep these devotions coming? Please consider supporting this podcast.https://www.dailydevotionsforbusylives.com/support/Rate and Reviewhttps://www.dailydevotionsforbusylives.com/reviews/new/Connect with BartFacebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/dailydevotionsforbusylivesWebsite: https://www.dailydevotionsforbusylives.comFeeling spiritually drained? Start here. Download your free copy of my eBook Making Time for Jesus here.Mentioned in this episode:Join Our Private Facebook CommunityIf you're looking for a place to connect with other Daily Devotions listeners and pray for each other, I'd love for you to join our private Facebook community group. Come find us at https://www.dailydevotionsforbusylives.com/group