stability v. flux, or fulfillment in that which is stable
in other blogs, less focused forums, i’ve explored the spiritual process of calling, and direction, and the quandry that results when trying so hard just to make the right decision… to do what GOD wants me to do. i mean, that’s the object, right? to decipher what it is that God wants, and do it. if you get that process under control, that pretty much guarantees you’ll be in good shape for the next season of life.
in the last major crossroads, we kinda beat the issue into the ground, then stomped on it, then kicked some dirt over it just to be sure it was finished. and i’d like to think we learned something from that… we learned that it’s important to take what you know is the truth, apply it, and act on it. we learned that it’s not as hard as we make it out to be. and the following years taught us that you can make major changes, and ultimately, everything will be fine, because you can’t screw your life up so much that God doesn’t have the ability to take care of you.
have you ever been there? at a place where you finally step out, and it’s way more difficult than you thought– or maybe it’s exactly as difficult as you thought– and yet you know you made the right decision. i’ve been there. and i don’t regret any decisions in leaving one career and stepping into a ministry position. it’s been the hardest thing i’ve ever done, and simultaneously the most rewarding. i don’t think it was a wrong decision.
but we learned something.
maybe it was simply to hear the voice of God. or maybe we’ve always heard it, but this time we know what we’re hearing.
it’s time to move. this step of the journey is a physical one. God is a God of stability– unchanging. And yet, He is the God of fluidity. A God that is sovereign over a world that is in constant flux. WE are in constant flux.
how do we know it’s time to move? we just know. and this time, it’s not about the job. truth is, i don’t give a rat’s ass what i do for a living anymore. i don’t care about this lie that we’re fed all our lives that we need to seek fulfillment in our career path. that’s rubbish. i’ll do anything, as long as i know i’m in the right place. and we know where the right place is, and for the first time in 20 years, it’s not here.
when the world, and everything around you is in a state of flux, where do you seek fulfillment? in your career? in your wife? your kids? your pet parakeet? your house? your car? your blahblahblahblah…
why not just find that rest and fulfillment and value and reward in that which is stable. if God is the God of stability, a rock, solid, never changing, reliable… why would you want to get all those things out of constantly changing circumstances, when you can get all those things from a place that will always be constant, no matter what happens in the intermediary?
–j.
if you were talking about this in church, and i was the type to holler out ‘amen’, then i’d holler out ‘amen’.
thanks. that’s very encouraging.