Hear His Voice...

There are many things

that vie for my attention.

Good things.

Honest things.

Important things.

Things that someone

should be doing.

But...

if God does not 

call me to it,

then I am learning 

that no matter

who says or thinks

I should be

doing

or selling

or buying

or going

or coming

or writing

or reading

or anything...

I will only fill the spots God calls me to.

We do well to remember that we are not

called primarily

to fix things or to fill spots.

We are called to follow Jesus.

We are called to be in a vibrant, living relationship

with the King of kings.

Everything else in life is secondary to that.

Work is needful.

And work is going to be part of our lives.

But I know that I, for one,

do not want to have any part of anything

that I have not been called to do.

Following Jesus and living vibrantly in Him

ensures that we will know clearly what

He is calling us to 

and what He is not.

In that I rest.

And because of Him,

I am blessed to see Him

at work in the lives

of fellow believers,

gifting them to do the 

work He calls them to

that He didn't call me to.

In this is peace.

Perfect peace.