Divine Appointments and Strategic Assignments

 

Only let each person

   lead the life

that the Lord has

   assigned to them

and to which 

   God has called them.

        1 Corinthians 7. 17

God does not call us

    to a specific profession

like plumbing or nursing,

but He calls ourselves

   first and foremost

               to Himself.

And that big-C Call re-orders 

     all our little-c calls

and transforms not just

  the trajectory of our lives,

but this jam-packed day,

         this hard work, 

    this difficult conversation.

It is not how things happen to turn out,

but how God divinely appoints

  and strategically assigns us.

We can't do everything,

but we can do something

whether launching

         into unexplored territory,

coming alongside someone

    to encourage and lift up,

nurturing a little patch of what

    looks like no-nothing ground,

  or repairing a broken down wall

that God has entrusted in our care.

Because we cannot know

     how profoundly God is using us.

Lead that kind of life.

Not with a slack "whatever" attitude,

     but a heart for Whom,

knowing every word said, every task attempted,

every weed pulled, every brick put in place

   matters for all eternity.

O LORD,

Help us to realize that You have

                placed us here,

not just for a reason,

but by divine appointment,

   strategic assignment,

   and sacred encounters.

You have called us to Yourself.

You have called us

    as a witness to others

by how we live this life.

May we realize

 there is nothing random

              in what we do.

You are bringing us through

     for Your glory in this.