The next step you take could be today’s defining moment. Don’t walk away from the possibility that God has a mission for you. Find advice from a Christian mentor, a Battle Buddy, or Chaplain.

Have you ever felt God nudging you towards what felt uncomfortable or even impossible? Is God calling you away from a harmful habit or situation in your life? Is God calling you toward something new and unfamiliar? If you sense God nudging you towards the uncomfortable explore it and hold it up to Scripture. Like Jesus, we are often asked to do what feels impossible. It’s not always easy to choose to follow God. Yet not what I will, but what You will’” (Mark 14:35-36, New International Version). ‘Abba, Father,’ He said, ‘everything is possible for You. “Going a little farther, He fell to the ground and prayed that if possible the hour might pass from Him. This choice was not an easy one to make, but He submitted to follow God’s plan even to the Cross.īefore Jesus was betrayed and crucified, He prayed in the garden of Gethsemane. In a single act, God erased something that was holding me back. Jesus had a defining moment that affected everyone who ever lived. I left that building both scared and excited. Life is made up of defining moments that affect how we live base on but big and small decisions made in faith. God’s grace enables you to live your life in a new way. Moses had a number of defining moments in his life, like when he found the Burning Bush and God spoke to him. The Bible is a great place to see good examples defining moments. Placing your faith in Jesus instead of yourself for the forgiveness of sins is a choice you make to become a part of something bigger. Many of these defining moments are recorded in God’s Word.

Defining moments occur as we journey through the Christian faith, establish relationships with other Christians, and become a part of the larger community. It is an intentional moment in time where we say this is who I am and who I want to become. We sign up knowing that it will be life changing. The Big Defining MomentĬhoosing to follow Jesus is a little like enlistment. Most are natural results of the very first decision to enlist. Often it feels like the farther we get into military life the less control we have over the defining moments. Here are a few my family has experienced over the last ten years: Military life brings with it a number of defining moments.

Defining moments in life