Preparing for the Good Stuff
PSALM 138:8
The LORD will accomplish what concerns me; Your lovingkindness, O LORD, is everlasting; Do not forsake the works of Your hands.
Preparing for your calling is like going to a fine pizzeria, where skilled chefs start with a ball of dough. They roll the dough, pressing and mashing it. Then they start pounding on it. After banging it around for a while, they start throwing it up in the air and twirling it. That dough goes through a whole lot so that you and I can have the pleasure of eating it. But when you go to a pizzeria, you don’t ask for dough. You want the good stuff. You want the sauce, the cheese, and maybe some meat or veggies on top. Everyone wants the good stuff, but you can’t get the good stuff until the dough has been prepared. In the same way, we have to be prepared for our calling. Sometimes our preparation starts with some pressing and some mashing. Sometimes we feel tossed around or banged up for a little while. But this is only in preparation for the good stuff. Throughout life’s bumps and bruises, God is preparing you for the perfect destiny He has created you to live out. Yet your response to those bumps and bruises may determine how quickly you reach your destiny.
It’s easy to throw in the towel and walk away when life’s challenges seem pointless or too painful. But if you will keep your eyes focused on God’s purpose for you, not your pain, God will use your trials for your good and His glory. He works all things together for good when you love Him and live according to your calling. No pain or experience is wasted when you are a child of the King. Keep your eyes focused on the destination—the end result—and you will find the strength for the journey that takes you there. You have a glorious destiny to discover and live out.
Father in heaven, in those moments (or hours or even years) of preparation, remind me that You have a good plan and purpose for my life. Give me the grace to trust You in it all so I do not waste time relearning the same lessons I need to know in order to fulfill my destiny.
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