One Call, Many Jobs

 

April 28

One Call, Many Jobs

From: Today God Is First by Os Hillman

"LORD, you have assigned me my portion and my cup; you have made my lot secure. The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; surely I have a delightful inheritance." Psalm 16:5-6

Most of us will have many jobs over our lifetime. As I look back over my past, I've had quite a varied history of jobs that included being a waiter, retail clerk, golf pro, advertising sales executive, ad agency executive, and ad agency owner.

Today, I am a writer and lead an international workplace ministry. All of these jobs were important because they gave me a level of experience from which I now express God's ministry. I am able to relate to those in the workplace because of my varied work experience throughout my career.

With each of our jobs, God is building something in us that will be used for His purposes now and in the future.

Oswald Chambers says "In the beginning we do not train for God, we train for work, for our own aims; but as we go on with God we lose all our own aims and are trained into God's purpose. Unless practical work is appointed by God, it will prove a curse."

Jesus was prepared for His ultimate calling by working with His stepfather Joseph in his carpentry shop until He was thirty years old. More than 54% of Jesus' teaching arose out of issues in daily life experience.

In the Old Testament story of Joseph who was sold into slavery by his brothers, we see a man who was prepared to be head of a nation by serving prison time and being a slave in Potiphar's house.

Moses was prepared to lead a nation out of slavery by living as a prince in Pharaoh’s house and later working forty years as a shepherd.

Do not despise the small jobs-for they are stepping stones to a greater purpose in God's plan for your life and for God's preparation for your ultimate destiny. Some of these jobs are necessary for the message He is forming in you.

Pray that God accomplishes His intended outcome in you through the work you are doing today.