We often think that we should be busy for the Lord. I have a full-time job in the secular world,
and often have complained that I do not work for Jesus. Yet, consistently the Lord has confirmed to
me “You are in my will.” And so I work.
I’ve been wanting to retire so that I could have time to
write, and do some of the creative things I used to do. Now that it is coming
near that time, I look back over my years of work and wonder what God’s main
intentions were. Here are the Words He
kindly spoke to me on this subject;
“Sometimes life will take a person on a journey to the
wilderness. But sometimes life will be a journey to an unknown land, such as
Abraham and Sarah took. If I have called you to a journey, your purpose is not
realized in the beginning. Abraham was
chosen to go on this journey, and not to be busy along the way. I prospered him, but did not settle him until
he got where I wanted him to go.
I chose Abraham because I knew he would teach his children
about My ways.
Abraham will surely become a great
and powerful nation, and all nations on earth will be blessed through him. For I have chosen him so that he will direct
his children and his household after him to keep the way of the Lord by doing
what is right and just, so that the Lord will bring about for Abraham what he
has promised him. (Gen 18:19)
Abraham became the father of the nations. Through him God established His ways. God is interested in families, and the
Christian faith we leave behind for them.
In Malachi 4:5 we read about the work of the Lord during the end times;
See I will send you the prophet
Elijah before that great and dreadful day of the Lord comes. He will turn the hearts of the fathers to
their children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers; or else I will
come and strike the land with a curse.
I see now that the good Lord did not choose for us a life of
missionary work and ministry that involved travel. Instead, He kept us close to home, and
involved in ministering to and having solid relationships with our family. They need the light of Christ to shine on
them. And at work, the students I teach
also need the light of Christ. It’s
been a good journey, one that will bear the fruit of salvation . . . of people
knowing God’s ways for generations to come.
We just need to trust that God knows what He is doing when He calls us to
take the journey. Amen.
