Indiana: I know my calling!

Wow, I haven't blogged in a month now. And there has been way too many things that has happened in my life in the past month and I don't even know where to start. I'll start out by sharing a few things that happened during my spring break. I was on spring break about 2 weeks ago and I got to spend some time getting to know the people in my small group at a deeper level. I really was encouraged to see them reaching out to me and see how much they care about me and I had the opportunity to build a deeper relationship with them over Spring break.

When school had started again, my relationship with my colleagues had also started growing at a much deeper level. They weren't just classmates anymore. I really started to open up myself and share at a deeper level and considered them my close friends. I found myself being my true self in front of them, not fearing or hiding anything. I found myself laughing out loud hysterically with these guys (You know, that crazy laughter I have HAHAHA!). And I thank God once again for answering my prayer request and bringing great people in my life here in Indiana. God is so good!

So over the past few weeks, God has given me opportunities to reach out and encourage some of my brothers and sister from back at home. And in particular, it was about the question, "what is my calling in life?"  And I have been wrestling with that question for years and years, ever since I've accepted Jesus Christ as my personal Lord and Savior, the summer after I graduated high school. But about a year ago, God made it so clear to me what my calling was for RIGHT NOW of my life through the Word, sermons, and talking with many people in my life about this issue. Notice that I emphasized and bolded the words RIGHT NOW in the previous sentence, meaning... I still don't know what life calling for my future to be honest. But I do know what I am called to do today. Right now. 

What God revealed to me was SO simple and I've all heard it so many times, but it didn't hit me right away for some reason. I guess you can hear something a million times and understand it from your head, but you'll never be able to fully live it out until you truly understand it from your heart. Alright, you ready for the answer to that question? Here's the answer: it’s what you’re doing right now. I'm guessing some of you reading this is thinking... "that's it?" Or perhaps, you might even disagree with me. But I believe that where you are RIGHT NOW and what you’re doing RIGHT NOW is your calling for your life RIGHT NOW. For me, it's being a diligent Actuarial Science grad student at Ball State University in Indiana studying hard and being a witness to my colleagues with my words, actions, and attitudes. A year ago, it was being the greatest accountant I can possibly be for the Lord at the company I was working at, being a salt & light to my co-workers by working hard with diligence, integrity, and excellence.

Now, how will you carry out your calling? Will you be faithful with a few things that God has entrusted you? When you can be faithful in the small things, God will give you MUCH BIGGER AND GREATER things! Think about it… if you can’t even do the small things well, how can God trust you with bigger things for His Kingdom, right? Jesus says this in Luke 16:10, "Whoever can be trusted with very little can also be trusted with much ." So many times, I found myself worrying and wondering about what the big "life-calling" was for me, only to realize that I was wasting so much time thinking about this, not doing well with the small things I was called to do during that time of my life. God has a bigger calling for you in the future, but right now, you're called to do whatever you're currently doing.

And don't think what you're doing right now is not important or "too small" for God's kingdom. That's not true and it's exactly what God called you to do. Your calling already began. You are living out your calling every single day. It started the day you've entered this earth. Don't waste this golden time and opportunity. God has absolutely an amazing plan and calling for you in the future at HIS perfect time, beyond what you can imagine. 

There you go. That's my answer to the million dollar question, "what is my calling for my life?"

"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."  -Jeremiah 29:11-