Thoughts from daily Bible reading for today – September 10, 2019
I know that you can do all things; no purpose of yours can be thwarted. Job 42:2
In 2011 NBC News aired a story about an unemployed man who was mining for gold and diamonds on a busy sidewalk outside a handful of prominent Manhattan jewelry stores. The news showed him peering into a crack in the sidewalk while holding a magnifying glass and a tiny broom.
The report stated that some people who walked into the jewelry store later emerged with tiny pieces of lost gold and diamonds attached to their shoes which had fallen off clothes and rings. These tiny treasures were then deposited in the sidewalk cracks.
This ingenious man saw what others couldn’t see.
When God has called you to do something for Him, you may see what others can’t. God will give you a plan for the future; He will call you to a particular task, and others won’t be able to see—or envision—what you see. And because they can’t see what you see, they may think you are unwise or uninformed, which means you will have to go against the flow.
When Bruce Olson, 19, decided to travel alone to South America to share Christ with a group of murderous Indians who lived in the jungle, he didn’t have a place to live, had little money, hadn’t ever traveled outside of his home state, and he didn’t speak the Motilone language. But he went anyway because he knew God had called him; he had a persistent burning in his heart. He also didn’t have his parents’ approval, but he went anyway because he could see what they couldn’t. He knew in his spirit in a way that he could not explain in words, that he was called to be a missionary.
1 John 2:6 says, “Whoever claims to live in him must walk as Jesus did.”
Jesus’ walk was characterized by obedience to His Father even when others didn’t agree. He went against the flow. For you and me this means obeying God in the calling that is laid out in Scripture and given to all believers to have a relationship with Him, and obeying Him in those things God calls you to do, just as Bruce did.
If you want to live a marked life in which you are set apart when faced with naysayers, your attitude must be, “I can see that your way is working for you, but it won’t work for me. So, my answer is no. No, I won’t do what you want. No, I won’t go your way. No, I won’t do what you think is best for me. I will go against the flow to go with God.”
Remember, if God has placed a plan for the future or a calling in your heart and you can see it, it means He can see it, too. He destined you to do your good work before the foundation of the world (Ephesians 2:10). Nothing can stop you if you will go with God and go against the flow.
“Many are the plans in a person’s heart, but it is the LORD’s purpose that prevails” (Proverbs 19:21).
Prayer
Lord, I praise you that you have a calling for my life to serve you. Please give me the vision to see your plans and the courage to take a stand to do what you have called me to.
Application
Do you have an idea or a strong conviction about how God has called you to serve Him? Is something stopping you from moving toward His plan? Talk with Him about this today, then obey Him.
Related Reading
Nehemiah 7:5; Psalm 33:11; Ephesians 2:10
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