I know that these are super inconsistent with being posted. I try to post as often as I can.
I got this email a few weeks ago it is from Spurgeon. As I think about life and often wonder what God has for me, this quote is what comes to mind.
"The first sign of the heavenly call is an intense, all-absorbing desire
for the work. If any student in this room could be content to be a
newspaper editor, or a grocer, or a farmer, or a doctor, or a lawyer, or
a senator, or a king, in the name of heaven and earth let him go his
way; he is not the man in whom dwells the Spirit of God in its fullness,
for a man so filled with God would utterly weary of any pursuit but
that for which his inmost soul pants. If on the other hand, you
can say that for all the wealth of both the Indies you could not and
dare not espouse any other calling so as to be put aside from preaching
the gospel of Jesus Christ, then, depend upon it, if other things be
equally satisfactory, you have the signs of this apostleship."
I can say without a doubt that there are a number of jobs/careers I could do, none of them will fulfill me in the same way that my calling will, there is not enough money in the world to make me want to do anything else. I have known for nearly 25 years what I want to do, I will be patient until God opens that door. God has often called us to be fruitful where we are planted and I believe that is something we are supposed to do and be faithful to where God has planted us. So in reality it is just like the Apostle Paul writes below, serve where you're planted, when God is ready to make a change He will
1 Corinthians 7:17; Only let each person lead the life[fn] that the Lord has assigned to him, and to which God has called him. This is my rule in all the churches.
There are many gifts in the body, some people are called to many different things, each gift is a blessing it is what makes the body of Christ unique. 1 Corinthians 12:12, 28-31; Ephesians 4:11-13
Be faithful to where God has planted you, God in His grace and mercy is preparing you to serve in His kingdom.
Blessings,
Nick
