So many people I have met who were raised in church and who are now in their middle ages are wringing their hands and feeling that somehow they have missed the will of God for their lives.
Is this you? I have to admit that for some time this was me. But what I have learned, and have been assured of from above, is that God's will is not some past turn in the road or some future unattainable place or purpose.
God's will is in being obedient in the present, in the place you are right now in this very day. Where you are at the moment is where God has intended you to be. If you have maintained an obedient stature then God has placed you where you are. "The steps of a good man are ordered of the Lord." And if you have not maintained an obedient stature then God has a plan, where you are, for if and when you decide to obey Him.
Do you love God? Have you been called into a relationship with Him through the gospel of His Son Jesus Christ unto an unfeigned love of the brethren and an unfeigned love for souls? Then Romans 8:28 is for you. "we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them that are the called according to His purpose." (from memory - sorry if it is not exact) ALL THINGS work together for good. This means that all of your poor decisions, all of your hardships, all of your broken relationship somehow all have worked together to temper you and make you stronger for the purpose that God has designed for you. Our sin and failure, because those who are forgiven much love much, also work together or will work in you, to give you a passion for those who are still in bondage. God makes no mistakes and nothing catches Him by surprise. I have people in my life, people I have trusted, who have hurt me deeply. I thank God for them now because they have been used to temper me and give me a zeal and compassion that I do believe I would not have otherwise. When you are hurt it gives you a heart for the hurting.
Don't be clambering after God's will as though it is some yet undiscovered future ideal for you. IT IS, but God will bring you there, and as long as you strive after it you will have no peace and you will not be content.
Jesus said, "Take no thought for the morrow, for the morrow shall take though for the things of its own, sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof" Don't fret my friend. God is perfectly omniscient and perfectly powerful. He is perfectly capable of placing you where He wants you to be and in the time that He decides.
Be obedient in the present; right here, right now. Don't lean on your own understanding; if in anything you be otherwise minded God will reveal it to you. Jonah knew what he was running from, he was not ignorant of what God had said. Still others were busy working in the field, or fishing, or doing their accounting at the gate, and God met them where they were and commissioned them. More still were simply faithful in the place where they were and it is recorded in His Word, Hallelujah, that God saw fit to use their gifts, sacrifices of time, and service to further His work.
You cannot miss Gods 'call' if you are in an obedient way today. Submit to what you know you are supposed to be doing and God will direct your steps. Count on it. He will be glorified in your life and someday, whether you stand in a pulpit week after week or not, you will hear "Well Done! Thou good and faithful servant."
You cannot miss Gods 'call' if you are in an obedient way today. Submit to what you know you are supposed to be doing and God will direct your steps. Count on it. He will be glorified in your life and someday, whether you stand in a pulpit week after week or not, you will hear "Well Done! Thou good and faithful servant."
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