Sometimes you are out of the boat because you feel like God has called you to something great and feel the faith to walk on water, but other times you are just tossed out of the boat and don't know what has hit you.
The latter is what happened to me recently. I was working for a Hedge fund where my manager and I were not seeing eye to eye and we parted ways. This is an amazing challenge for me, I had only started the job four months ago and my wife and I are only days away from closing on a house and it scares me to think about how we are going to cover the mortgage on only one salary, but I know that even when I'm tossed out of the boat, it is in God's plan.
I recently heard a sermon that really spoke to me, it was by a minister that was trying to explain why even things we think are mistakes or errors might actually be God. The minister explained that the reason he was a minister today was because a door was left open. He explained, that he was inspireed to enter into the full time ministry because of a lecturer he hear in his college. However, the lecturer almost never spoke at this college because he was having visa problems. A classmate of the minister talked to the dean of the college because he believed that he could help the guest lecturer with his visa issues, the classmate happened to be the son of then sitting President Gerald Ford.
The son of President Ford contacted the right people and was able to help the guest lecturer get his visa. Well how did President Ford come into office, it was because Nixon left that White House because of Watergate and why was Watergate revealed? Because one of the buglers left a door ajar and the night watchman on duty noticed it. So leaving a door ajar was the reason this Minister entered into the full time ministry. So if you are enjoying this blog right now you can thank Watergate.
Jeremiah 29:11 says, "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."
Even things I perceive as mistakes are in God's control and a part of his greater plan and that gives me peace.
The latter is what happened to me recently. I was working for a Hedge fund where my manager and I were not seeing eye to eye and we parted ways. This is an amazing challenge for me, I had only started the job four months ago and my wife and I are only days away from closing on a house and it scares me to think about how we are going to cover the mortgage on only one salary, but I know that even when I'm tossed out of the boat, it is in God's plan.
I recently heard a sermon that really spoke to me, it was by a minister that was trying to explain why even things we think are mistakes or errors might actually be God. The minister explained that the reason he was a minister today was because a door was left open. He explained, that he was inspireed to enter into the full time ministry because of a lecturer he hear in his college. However, the lecturer almost never spoke at this college because he was having visa problems. A classmate of the minister talked to the dean of the college because he believed that he could help the guest lecturer with his visa issues, the classmate happened to be the son of then sitting President Gerald Ford.
The son of President Ford contacted the right people and was able to help the guest lecturer get his visa. Well how did President Ford come into office, it was because Nixon left that White House because of Watergate and why was Watergate revealed? Because one of the buglers left a door ajar and the night watchman on duty noticed it. So leaving a door ajar was the reason this Minister entered into the full time ministry. So if you are enjoying this blog right now you can thank Watergate.
Jeremiah 29:11 says, "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."
Even things I perceive as mistakes are in God's control and a part of his greater plan and that gives me peace.
