The more you walk, the more you see

I was trying to find a passage I remembered, implying that understanding comes from doing what God says. I don't know if this is it but this is as close as I came. (Maybe most of Deuteronomy, too.) Psalm 119:100 NIV

"I have more understanding than the elders,
for I obey your precepts."

You could call this an arrogant passage or you could say, "He gleans more understanding from doing and obeying God's precepts himself than from the counsel of the older leaders of his community." Proverbs also tells us that in a multitude of council there is victory," lest we don't wander too far off on our own.

It's facinating to me that our desire to include children in worship (because the scriptures show us that was the original model), our willingness to come saying, "Lord, it looks like this pleases You. How do we make it happen?" our willingness to step out and try, even though we'll find lots of reasons to quit, is taking us somewhere that we would never have gone if we hadn't taken that first step. In taking one step at a time, with each step, we see alittle more of the path. Once on the path, God can show us things that He can't if we're just observing or afraid.

Not exactly the same thing but encouraging. Proverbs 4:18 "The pathway of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, shining ever brighter until the full light of day."

You could say, it's one thing if you're just responsible for yourself. It's another if you're leading hundreds of people and their families and you're responsible. But remember Abraham leading his family off into the unknown, Moses leading a million people out of Egypt, David leading thousands into battle, Paul breaking new ground in faith. I think we forget that all these people really didn't have a road map. . . but what incredible faith they must have had... or maybe not...maybe they just trusted God and took it one step, one day, at a time.