From my vantage point of more than seventy years of life, let me give you some suggestions for finding your role in God's kingdom:
1. Try new things!
Don't limit yourself, especially during the first forty years of your life. Doing a variety of things, even things out of your comfort zone, teaches you important lessons. See Are You Taking Enough Risks?
2. Humbly learn from others.
I once edited submissions to a devotional blog, and I learned that many mediocre writers refuse suggestions or edits while most good writers welcome them (Proverbs 8:33; Proverbs 15:32). See Spiritual Coaching and The Blessings of a Peer Mentor.
3. Never stop learning.
When we realize our lifework is to serve the Lord, we'll apply it to everything we do (Colossians 3:23). See Christians Are Lifelong Students of Jesus and Waste or Invest.
4. Set your mind on God's plan.
Despite the popular saying that we can do whatever we set our minds to do, we can't and we shouldn't. Instead, we should seek God's will, not our own (1 Peter 4:10-11). See Can You Do Anything You Set Your Mind To Do?
Following Christ is a wonderful adventure if we are willing to be lifelong students, seeking Christ's purposes for our lives (Ephesians 2:10).
Let's do it!
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Let me add a #5 in this footnote: Learn from your difficulties and disappointments. I never would have imagined the blessings that would come from some difficulties in my life, one of which is my book, Wisdom for Life. If you haven't yet heard that Romans 8:28 story, you can read about it here or watch me explain it on YouTube here.
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Thanks, This is what i need to read this moring.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad it was helpful : )
DeleteThis is so true, and so beautiful about finding ourselves. I might add, that at ages between 50 and whenever it is also go to revisit what we enjoyed earlier in our life. I was once very depressed and burned out. The realization came to me that I didn't promise anybody to do the same thing forever . I volunteered at a hospital and it took the depression away. How could I feel sorry for myself when so many had so little to be grateful for. Of course I had help from God too! We were all created with this little voice that says yes, yes, when we are happy doing something. We need to listen to that voice and be thankful we can make changes (I am 71 now and look forward to many many years of being creative and enjoying it with all the little people in my life and my family and friends)
ReplyDeletei especially like number 4.that really hits home for me.
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