Well this past Tuesday I went to Holiday World with my youth group. I was talking to Hanna, Jon, and Stephen. I was telling them about what has happened these past couple weeks(if even that). With God talking to me a stuff, it's been making me ask a lot of questions. Like... How does God talk to you? and How did God tell you about your calling? ...just questions like that. I was also excited because I had my long anticipated meeting with Scott and Jon the next day.
Okay, I'm going to, kind of, skip ahead to the next day.
So, the next day I did meet with Scott and Jon. We did talk about my calling and stuff part of the time. They ended up telling me that maybe I should talk to Jeff Johnson about my whole missions thing.. So I thought about and stuff(not really taking it into a whole lot of consideration to be honest). That night at youthgroup we spoke about our trip to Mississippi. After we were done speaking Jeff came up to talk to us for a little bit. Well, he started telling us that they were thinking about having a youth rep. on the missions council and that if any of us had a call to missions or if God was talking to us that we should talk to him. I was just thinking "Oh my gosh, are you serious?" It was another one of those "Aha" moments(as Stephen would call them) when God is trying to tell you something that seems like a big "coincidence".
So after the service I was still questioning whether to talk to Jeff or not. But Jon sort of convinced/pushed me to talk to him.. So I told him what was going on. What he told me just confused me more. He said that sometimes when people think they are called to missions that it's really not that but God is trying to tell them to be obedient.... Are you following all this? He also told me how the council meets one Wed. a month and that there is trip planned for this January and one next summer. I can't remember what all he said but it left me thinking a lot.
I'm going to need to pray about this more because I'm still not sure what to do next.
A Small Thing
11 years ago

1 comment:
I'm not sure if this will help or not... but I'll tell ya anyhow.
I have a friend who, years ago, felt impressed that God had called him to live in the South, down Alabama/Arkansas way. So, being obedient, he went. Once there, he realized that he wasn't supposed to be down there at all... but God was, in fact, testing his obedience.
However, remember Abraham. God called him to leave his family and the only land he'd ever known to go to a land "God would show him." HUGE leap of faith there! But was God actually calling him there? Absolutely.
Sometimes, God calls us to make sure we're paying attention (remember Samuel as a child in the temple?) and other times, he calls us to action.
I'll continue to pray for you as you begin to sort through what it is that God has in store for you! These are exciting times and I'm excited for you as you begin to discover God's will for your life!
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