Morning At Last

Sometimes I talk to people who are feeling unfulfilled because they don’t know the “call of God on their life.”  Not wanting to miss what God has for them, they feel like they should be doing more but don’t know what to do.  Often, they are members of a church that stresses the baptism of the Holy Spirit and the “Five-Fold Ministries” of God.  I am not being critical of either one of these as they are something you should know about and partake of, but sometimes it seems like if you aren’t laying hands on the dead and seeing them spring to life or walking around with a title in front of your name, you have missed God.

It’s time for the Body of Christ to realize that not everyone is called to be a leader and if God does call you to such a position, He is well able to let you know about it.  In fact, if He has created you for such a position, you will have a hard time avoiding it.  Everything in your life will be preparation for what God has called you to do.  If you don’t have that clear direction in your life, then either your time hasn’t come or He has created you for something else.

In the Old Testament, when Moses set up a leadership structure, there were rulers over thousands, hundreds, fifties and tens. (Ex 18:25)  Someone who was a ruler of tens, might have been the head of a household or maybe 10 family groups.  We aren’t told exactly what that meant.  However, there is also nothing saying a ruler of tens ever graduated to a bigger group.  Not only that, the majority of the people spent most of their time going about the business of life.  They raised their children.  Later on, they planted their fields and harvested their crops.  For most of them, learning to live a godly life as they went through their daily tasks, was fulfilling the call of God on their life.  Disobeying God’s law brought judgment.  Missing the “Call of God on their life” wasn’t something they even worried about.

Ecclesiastes 3:13 And also that every man should eat and drink and enjoy the good of all his labour, it is the gift of God.

We are looking for the establishment of the Kingdom of God on Earth.  You can’t have a kingdom without having someone to populate it and that includes those who are simply good mothers and fathers, butchers, bakers and candlestick makers.  We have to stop worrying about who we think we should be and simply be who God created us to be.  There is a rich peace to be found there.  Learning to forgive, to care for those around us, to see God’s blessings in our daily lives, to raise our children to love and serve God and learning to love one another as He has loved us is a high calling of God that brings a satisfying fulfillment.  Let’s appreciate the blessings of God He has for us today without worrying about what else He might have for us to do.  He never gives you grace for tomorrow’s challenges, today.