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First read beth's post here.
Ah, perspective...I am called to full time ministry at some point and in some manner, and I can definitely see how God's been preparing that for me throughout my life. Yet here I am, working in an office. I thought that after I graduated from college I would be spending my days doing what I'm passionate about, but instead I sit here accomplishing menial tasks that may or may not help someone else sell gas detectors. So much for thinking I've arrived.
From a different perspective, I know that I am called RIGHT NOW to be working to pay off my debt so that I can enter ministry unencumbered. I feel imprisoned in the enemy's camp a bit, though, what with not being able to find a job that would enable me to do that from closer to Monroe...where I'm also called to be (at least for a time).
Again I find myself thinking of life as a mountain: I climb for a while, and I reach a summit. Thinking that it's the peak of the mountain, everything comes together and I can see how God has led me up to that point. Then I realize that the mountain keeps going; this peak is one of many, all leading up to the mountaintop. When I accomplish a goal (say, college, for instance), that's one of those subordinate peaks, leading to the main event. For Ezekiel, I'm sure he thought reaching 30 ensured that he would finally have reached the mountaintop; instead, he found himself at just another subordinate peak (not to mention a turning point in the trail he was climbing).
Thanks for your post, Beth. I'm reminded that just because I feel entitled to be doing what God has called me to RIGHT NOW, He may have a different idea in mind of what that timeline is.... |
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