Do we need a preview?

Often times when there is a movie coming out in your favorite series, or an album from your favorite band, you don't need a preview of it to go see it, or buy it. For example, if they came out with another set of movies based in Middle Earth, but apart from the Lord of the Rings or the Hobbit, I would go see it. I'd probably try to even make the midnight premier. If you have seen similar things before, more often than not you trust the new one will be good, or at least worthy of your time and money. So then if we trust God enough to follow him, why do we ask God for a preview when He asks us to go someplace, or to do something?

To be honest this is something I have struggled with before and still do. I want to do things beneficial to me, from my standpoint, and when God comes to me and tells me to do something. I tend to ask for a preview of it, for a trailer so I can see what is going to happen, if it's going to look worthy for my time. In a way, we already have a preview of what God will do because he has most likely worked in your life before and it most likely turned out to be what was best for you. I find this all ironic in a way because my favorite chapter in the Bible is Hebrews 11, which is the hall of faith. It's message is faith, and how those who are written about walked by faith, and didn't ask God for a preview, but rather did before they what they were actually doing.

The one example I immediately thought about was Abraham. He was living in a completely different country, in a far away land, and he didn't ask question, he just got up and left. I wish I could do that. I feel like instead of following faithfully, I would make excuses like the man who wanted to go bury his father first. Jesus saw right through his excuse and called him out on how he was trying to delay his following of Christ until it better suited him. But as I'm starting to realize, the time is now to start following God. Not after college, not when you're "better prepared", but now. God will use your weaknesses for his glory. And in that thought I find comfort.