considering job changes lately. actually considered for the last 6 months and it has been taxing on my soul and tough on the family. the idea of packing up and moving to some place i don't know, don't care about and really have no desire to be for the sake of making a little more money is daunting. my mind has been enveloped by this for too long.
finally, found myself in prayer. 1 Corinthians 7 was laid on my heart and i read it in hopes of finding a decision. marriage? lord, why would you have me read about marriage when my deepest prayers have been about career?
vs. 17 nevertheless, each one should retain the place in life that the Lord has assigned to him and to which God has called him.
vs. 23 you were bought at a price; do not become slaves of men.
these two verses struck me as more than just marriage speak, although i am certain that the situation could definitely cause a strain on my marriage. the words God put on my heart were that I am where he wants me. Gods reasons have been different from mine. he has expectations for us in Tulsa and we haven't met them yet.
i pray that i am correctly reading his advice on this situation. too many years of doing my thing and not enough time on his thing. his purpose in my life is no different than the purpose in your life. his idea is that we all stop putting limitations on his movement, follow his lead or at the least get out of his way and let him move us to greatness.
can we grow spiritually while ignoring the slightest nudge from God? will i ever grow up into his expectations if i ignore the answers to my prayers?
i have been a slave. a slave to the will of my earthly puppeteers. it is too late to change the past, however, today is a new day. today i will heed the advice of my heavenly father and let him pull my strings!
" what i do today is important because i am exchanging a day of my life for it." Hugh Mulligan
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