Do you know that God has called you to a certain position, yet you are tempted to run ahead of Him into making it happen on your own time and by your own strength? It is good to remember that you can be in the right place, but be the wrong person. Today I was reminded that I am a person in a process, and I can trust Him with the pace. Who He is making me along the way is as important as getting there.
It’s so hard to admit that we simply may not be ready yet for the things God has in store. And when we choose to submit, we trust that He will not forget. He is faithful to finish the good work He has started in us, and when we surrender He is best able to make us fit to answer our calling. Just like a fruit must remain on the vine to be ripe, we must abide in the Vine in order to bear the fruit necessary to minister.
Personally, I believe one calling on my life is ministering to victims of sex trafficking, and I’m learning that answering my calling today might look different from answering my calling tomorrow. Today’s instructions are patience and trust in God’s sovereignty, while tomorrow’s instructions may be to move forward through the door of a women’s shelter. Both days are equally important in my journey. Who I am matters as much as where I am.
I am ripening, and the Gardener knows the right time and season to pick me so I can best nourish others.
‘Be still, and know that I am God’ (Ps. 46:10).
What is this position that you are heading into as God develops you into the place you need to be to fill it? I have not seen you around since the Coffee Shop, so how are you doing?!?!?
To minister to those who have been trafficked.. I am doing great thanks – going for an interview tomorrow to be an office admin at a medical office in SF. Where I intend to move soon, Lord willing!