Ever asked God, "What is Your plan for me? Where do You want me to serve You?"
Sometimes we can get very frustrated doing what we're doing. We're certain that real satisfaction lies with the next job or next opportunity. Well, there is no harm in exploring future options.
But while you check out other things also realize that God has you where you are right now for a reason. Sometimes, when we focus all our efforts in doing the best where we are at, we begin to discover the fulfillment we'd been seeking all along.
I like the comments below from Pastor Colin Smith.
"Focus your best effort on what God has given you to do right now. It’s easy to waste your life, always looking at the next thing, but the best place to flourish is where God has set you down. Whatever God has given you to do, do it with all your heart! My pastor used to say, 'Colin, there are no perfect places. The best place to flourish is where God has set you now'."
Smith's comments really resonated with me because I've fallen into the trap of thinking that "the grass is greener on the other side." And sometimes that really is true. But often that new job or opportunity doesn't work out the way we hoped it would. We didn't get what we were looking for. Peace and satisfaction are not found in a new job, relationship or hobby. What we're looking for can be found only in Jesus Christ.
This is why the apostle Paul writes in Colossians, chapter three: "Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts...Let the message of Christ dwell among you richly...and whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.
