WANTED
Someone to join an adventure.
The route is unknown.
The road might be bumpy, or curvy, or sometimes straight.
There will most likely be hills to climb, maybe even mountains.
You will experience times of frustration, anxiety, even agony potentially.
There typically is no salary, and you may even be asked to contribute amounts of money you do not have in your bank account.
Friends and family may call you crazy. Coworkers may also think you are not of this world.
You actually may be disowned or unfriended by some.
You will not have what is needed for this trip, so no qualifications or resources needed. This will most definitely frustrate you during your time on this adventure.
No need to send resume.
Future benefits are most definite although not specified at this time.
All welcome to apply.
I wonder how many would apply?
I wonder if we actually ran this ad in the newspaper or online, and included an email address...how many responses would flood the inbox?
Hmmm....maybe I should try it?!
You see...this is how the advertisement for becoming a Christ-follower might read.
Not a "say a little prayer and now I am a believer".... but a TRUE, say YES, go where you lead me....CHRIST FOLLOWER!
I think God uses his HR department quite often to nudge us into this job.
The Holy Spirit taps on our heart.
We feel a tug.
We want to get up during church and give or get on our knees.
We feel pulled to leave the comfortable.
Pulled to give until it hurts.
Pulled to explore the unknown.
We want to say Yes to the pull because we can feel it so strongly.
BUT...the advertisement only stays for a minute (or even seconds) in our heart.
Then the world comes in.
We felt it.
We wanted to do it.
But we didn't respond with a YES.
Oh Lord, how many times I have failed to sign up!
And yet, take a minute, reflect, and join me in thinking back to the times you DID say YES.
The times you DID RESPOND TO THE AD.
Oh how great the benefits!
Talk about a total compensation package!
You give a dollar, and get the feeling of a thousand!
You pray a prayer with someone and feel like the apostle Paul!
You step out of the comfortable and explode with experiences you didn't know existed!
You open your door in ways you never have, go around that curve of the unknown...and BAM...there sits a blessing!
This weekend our church highlighted God's work through Lucy's journey.
At the end, Doug quoted my dad's reminder to us to "Just get off the couch and say YES!"
The link to the video we shared is here:
Say YES my dear sisters....God is a pretty good boss!!!
"We know not what to do, but our eyes are upon you!"
2 Chronicles 20:12
Jen
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