Marketplace Musings - Tracing Out God's Calling For You

"No skill or experience that God has given you will ever be wasted." Benjamin Pwee

Haha... ok, I think after all my musings some time ago, I'm getting rather tired LOL. Actually, come to think of it, as a friend commented, the funny thing is, there's this bro who is an ardent advocate of marketplace ministry, yet his heart is eager to go church-planting. And I'm, like, all for church-planting, but think God has called me into the marketplace.

Actually, come to think of it, is it really important that I niggle over things like these? LOL. I am so contradictory. Haha! And some reflections to take back from it, is that it'd be safer not to make hard pronouncements on debatable topics. I mean, if the Almighty isn't all hung up on certain topics, like BGR and so on... I think... sometimes the Lord really is more flexible on some things than we are. So it'd be good to think, and present our differing perspectives, because both sides could be true, in different contexts. Hah... correct me if you think I'm wrong. :)

So this friend commented that actually, we're probably tiffing about the words and all that... but really, we're all together in the same journey. But yeah. I think this friend has credibility when she talks about the difficulties of full-time. 'Cos she works in a Christian organization. And it is not easy. Not easy.

Hmm. Oh! Where was I? Well, I think Benjamin Pwee's a cool brother in Christ. Haha. Nice botak head. But besides that, what he said made me think. Perhaps one way we can figure out where God is leading us, is to trace out key events, significant experiences, our strengths, talents and so on in our lives. Connect-the-dots, in other words.

"No skill or experience God has given you will ever be wasted."

Maybe you can read Ravi Zacharias' The Grand Weaver. It's a beautiful book that describes how God weaves all the little details, the little minutiae of our lives into one grand tapestry. :) Can buy from Tecman.

Haha. Looking at my own life, I can see that God has put me in certain key situations, and I see certain patterns in some of the things - not patterns of behaviour, but patterns of events. Very surprising. And also some experiences that make me more credible to speak to certain groups of people. And to top it all off, God's confirmation that He's called me into that particular direction. And feeling His pleasure and receiving His anointing upon me, as I step into that direction.

God is so cool. :D