For over a couple of years, I came home from work exhausted. I was exhausted from a lack of stimulation I so badly needed. I found myself frustrated with God and the work he placed me in. I wanted to be so much more to him, so much more to those around me and so much more to myself.

In the midst of those couple of years I asked God to do incredible things in my life, to allow me to care for children who were starving, to travel the world and see those children, to care for the broken hearted, and to help me get some of my personal dreams off the ground as well. Instead of fulfilling those deep hearted dreams, I awoke to attend the same mundane job for 2 years in a row. Each day that passed was filled with complaints from me, to God, my spouse, my coworkers and my friends. What I didn’t realize was that God was using my current position to prepare me to fulfill my heart’s desires.

After seeing an ad in the paper, for a Christian organization, I submitted a resume and waited with hope. I was called months later to an interview, and listened to all the incredible things God was doing in their midst. I longed to be a part of them; their focus was to feed the starving children of the world. As I listened to the new position God had created room for in their ministry, I was in awe. Every single detail was built off of the experience I had. They would go on to interview many people and ultimately decide of the 2 positions open, one of them was God ordained for me, and the other God had not appointed a person to serve in yet.

I went home with a dismay in my heart. I was where I was supposed to be all along in those 2 years, and I had spent most of my time in God’s training ground complaining, and grumbling, instead of praising him for his plans for my life. Jeremiah 29:11 “For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord. Plans to give you a hope and future, plans to prosper you, not to harm you.”

His goodness did not stop there. I later received a phone call explaining the details and terms of my future employment, as they were determining a start date…in the middle of the conversation, the women asked “do you have a passport? In April you will be traveling to Haiti to see the children we serve there.” I could have dropped right there, the disbelief of how faithful God was to answer my prayers in the midst of my unfaithful attitude overwhelmed me.

As I thought more about the many things I asked the Lord to do in my life, I began studying the lives of those he was so intricately involved in. I began to examine the story of David and his anointing to become King. Though God knew the plans he had for David while he was still a shepherd, he did not wave a magic wand and bring his plan to fruition. David’s journey began when an evil spirit came upon Saul, and he was sent to play the harp to relieve Saul’s distress 1 Samuel 16: 14-23. Saul began to like David and requested he stay in his presence. David soon became an armor bearer of Saul’s. This was the start of David’s presence before the people he would someday rule. From there he slain Goliath, and Saul’s jealousy of David grew. As time goes on David faithfully serves Saul, and Saul faithfully tries unsuccessfully time and time again to kill David. David spends many of his years running from the very man he was faithful to serve, but God continued to watch him and strengthen him and finally fulfills his promise to David, to become king.

Jesus said “Whoever wants to become great amongst you must be your servant and whoever wants to become first must be slave of all” Mark 10:43. God is doing a mighty work in you right where you are. Do not think because your work is not glamorous it is less meaningful; you do not serve the eye of man, but the heart of God. Those who were greatest amongst the word of God were often the least. Joseph was sold into slavery and ended up in Potiphar’s home, he excelled at everything…I repeat everything he did, and was moved up until Potiphar’s wife unsuccessfully tried to seduce him. He ended up in jail but even in jail he worked hard and was shown favor and given duties. After successfully interpreting dreams Joseph’s reputation traveled to Pharaoh’s house. Pharaoh requested Joseph interpret his dream and after he did, he was put in charge of Egypt’s food storage and succeeded in all he did. Joseph had a hard life, but in the end could tell his very own brothers who sold him into slavery, what they meant for evil God meant for good.

It is not man we serve, but God…choose today…not tomorrow, not next week, not in a year from now, when you get the perfect job… but right now at this very moment in the midst of all the crap, who you will serve. And if it’s God, get to work, and trust him to do the rest.

May the Lord open your mind and hearts to receive this.

Send This To A Friend