Faith on the Edge of Something Greater

Matthew 28:16–20

There are moments when God draws a line in the sand and says, “From this point forward, nothing will be the same.” Sometimes you feel it rising in the room. Sometimes it hits you in the middle of worship. Sometimes it settles in your spirit before you can explain it. This is one of those moments for Mountain Valley Chapel. This isn’t just another Sunday. This isn’t just a routine gathering. Something is shifting. God has been preparing this house for years, and now the Holy Spirit is calling us to the edge of something greater.

Every time God begins something new, He calls His people out of comfort and onto the edge. The place where faith has to decide whether to stay safe or step into the unknown. It was the same for the disciples on the mountain in Galilee. And it’s the same for us today.

This passage shows us what it feels like to stand on the edge of God’s next move.

Matthew 28 places us right in the middle of one of the biggest transitions in human history. The cross was behind them. The resurrection had already happened. The tomb was undeniably empty. These men and women had seen things no generation had seen before. In just a few weeks, Jesus appeared alive more than ten times. Over five hundred people saw Him with their own eyes during those forty days. He ministered in Jerusalem, Emmaus, and Galilee. And now He calls them together on this mountain.

But right in the middle of this holy moment is a line most of us skip past. Verse 17 says, “When they saw Him, they worshiped Him, but some doubted.” They are standing face to face with the resurrected Christ… and some still hesitate. The Greek word means to waver, to wrestle between two thoughts, to feel the weight of the moment and not know what to do with it.

They weren’t rejecting Jesus. They were trying to understand a reality bigger than their minds could hold. And here is the beauty of Jesus: He doesn’t rebuke them. He doesn’t wait for perfect faith. He doesn’t separate the “strong ones” from the “strugglers.” He gives the same mission to them all.

“All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations…”

Jesus entrusts His entire mission to worshipers who still have questions. He builds His Church on believers who are learning to believe. That is the kind of faith God blesses, not polished faith, not fearless faith, not put-together faith, but honest faith that steps forward even with trembling hands.

This is the faith that steps into the impossible.

There is a story from 1859 that illustrates this kind of trust. A French acrobat named Charles Blondin became famous for crossing Niagara Falls on a tightrope. Eleven hundred feet across. One hundred sixty feet high. Thousands gathered on both sides to watch. He did it blindfolded. He did it on stilts. He stopped in the middle to cook an omelet. Then he pushed a wheelbarrow across. The crowds cheered. But when he asked if anyone believed he could carry a person across in that wheelbarrow, everyone became very quiet.

No one volunteered.

Months later, he returned with his manager. But this time, his manager didn’t get into a wheelbarrow. He climbed onto Blondin’s back. Before stepping onto the rope, Blondin gave him one instruction: “Do not try to balance. Do not attempt to steady yourself. Your job is to trust me completely.”

That is the moment the disciples faced on the mountain. And that is the moment Mountain Valley Chapel is standing in right now.

We are on the edge of something greater, and Jesus is calling us to trust Him with our full weight.

Not to steady ourselves.

Not to take control back into our own hands.

Not to lean on our own understanding.

But to trust Him enough to take the next step.

Jesus is calling us to believe for souls again.

To reach our valley again.

To build again.

To pray bigger, dream deeper, and step forward together.

The Great Commission wasn’t given to perfect people. It was given to worshipers with doubts still in their hearts. That means God can use us right now, exactly where we stand.

Faith at the edge always feels risky. But the edge is where God births movements. The edge is where impossible becomes possible. The edge is where ordinary people step into extraordinary assignments.

Mountain Valley Chapel has a strong foundation, but God didn’t bring us here to maintain what has already been done. He brought us here to see what has never been done before. He is stirring us toward courage, not comfort. Toward movement, not maintenance. Toward faith that steps even when the next step feels uncertain.

If we trust Him, He will lead us into what only He can build.

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