Piggy-backing off of yesterday’s post about living out Romans 8:28, I was praying this morning for peace, wisdom, and direction from God if I lose my job soon or simply to move on to what He has designed me to do for work.
Abraham’s story then came to my mind. Abraham–rather at this point in his story he was “Abram,” or “exalted father”–was living in Ur of the Chaldeans. He and his wife Sarai–she was not yet “Sarah”–were living a pretty good life in Ur when God called Abram.
Now the Lord said to Abram, “Go forth from your country, and from your relatives and from your father’s house, to the land which I will show you; and I will make you a great nation, and I will bless you, and make your name great; and so you shall be a blessing; and I will bless those who bless you, and the one who curses you I will curse. And in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.” –Genesis 12:1-3.
This is the kind of call I’m waiting for myself. I loved the part where God tells Abram that “[He] will show [him]” the land that He has in mind for Abram. At this point, it appears that God didn’t tell Abram exactly where he was to go, because God said He “will show.”
I’m not looking to be a great nation or to have my name great. But I would like God to bless me and I would like to be a blessing to others. I also like the part where God takes care of cursing those who’d curse me. God always does a better job of taking care of revenge.
According to the narrative, as soon as God finishes with what He told Abram,
So Abram went forth as the Lord had spoken to him; and Lot went with him. Now Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran. –Genesis 12:4.
Abram left immediately. He packed everything up and told Sarai, “let’s go on a trip.” The Bible does not state if Abram knew at this point that Canaan was his destination. He just left and started out in faith.
So back to my post yesterday, and the situation I’m in with regard to work. I see this blog as my obedience to God’s call. I don’t mean to make this sound like God spoke to me and told me to do it. I’m not worthy of such a direct communication. However, I know the overall skills, passions, knowledge and abilities God has given me and I’ve been wanting to blog for a while now. What I acted on in January–which I’ve mentioned before–was the name for this blog. Once I had that, I went from nothing to a live blog in a matter of hours. I see this as moving on God’s leading. What I’m hoping is that this is part of God’s plan to get me out of my own “Ur of the Chaldeans” and get me to my own Canaan which is the profession that best suits my talents and the way God has designed me. For far too long I’ve been squandering and wasting my talents. I’ve not been living up to the potential that God has put into me. Prayerfully, this blog will get me to where God is calling me.
May He Increase!
A friend of mine was in your same situation. He loves God and he also loves children. He just wasn’t happy in his “secular” job. Today he is a regional director of Child Evangelism in the area that I live. He has Bible studies in almost half of the public schools in our county. The classes must be after school hours but the schools have welcomed this organization and it has been amazing how many kids have shown an interest. Our church has taken part in his support.
Where is your tip jar for your blog Joe???
Right now, my tip jar is my comments section. :-)
I’ve thought about possibly setting up a Paypal donations link, but I’m not sure I’m ready to do that at this point. I’m not sure why exactly….