What on earth am I here for? How many times has this question popped into your head? How many times have you thought to yourself:
Have I been given a calling? Have I called myself into something? Am I even called?
I’ve been struggling a lot recently, with this idea of calling. “What I have called myself to do versus what God has actually called me to do”. Being in my last year of university, the pressure to graduate and get a job is like a cheetah chasing its prey: fast approaching.
A while back, one of my friends challenged me to join a team that I had never seen myself being a part of. This is because I am a staunch planner. I love planning and I love planning to the last full stop. The problem with my friend asking me to join this team was that I had not drawn it into my 5 year plan.
How often have we actually stepped away from Gods calling on our lives, because of what we think we have called ourselves to do. Whether it is declining that job offer because it’s too much work, or not going for that audition because you think you’re not good enough for the part?
See the problem with my 5 year plan was not the plan itself, but it was that it was so centred around what I wanted to do, it completely neglected the input from God. In the Bible it says:
“For I know the plans I have for you, plans to prosper and not to fail.” – Jeremiah 29:11
These words alone should put perspective into your life. This God of the universe: has thought of you. He has made a way and called you to step out into faith. You may be battling with deciding what exactly you have been placed on this earth to do, but you are not alone in that decision. Why?
Because God has your back
If we lean on God and ask Him for guidance on where He wants us to go, our “Why on earth am I here?” will turn into a “Now I know why I am here!”.
God has never and will never call us to do something he has not equipped us to do.
My friend was brave enough to listen to God, by telling me that what I was doing with my life was not in line with what I was placed on this earth (by God) to do. And even though I am still very unsure of what next year will hold after I graduate; I know I will be brave and seek God in helping call out my why. Because I truly believe that there is nothing better to do, than to step into shoes that God has designed for you.