Think back for a minute to your elementary school days. Do you remember what your response was when asked: “What do you want to be when you grow up?” My response was “an airline stewardess”, as they were called in the early 60’s.
I made a covenant with God in my senior year of college. It went like this: “God, you know that I want to work in the church, and if you give me some time to fly; I will spend the rest of my life serving you there.” I had also given myself a deadline by the end of the summer to get that job. So, I began to contact every airline about a stewardess job; then a ticket agent job. Nothing happened.
At the end of the summer I made a trip to NC, then packed up and moved back to work in a church. A month later, I received a few phone calls from the airlines, which I had to decline. Doesn’t God have a sense of humor!
I realized that He had a different path for me than the one I had planned. The wisdom in Proverbs reminds us to “Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him and He will direct your path.”
As we turn to the scriptures, we can find many figures who trusted God when they didn’t know what the outcome would be.
· Noah trusted and built an ark when the sun was shining.
· Joseph trusted when his brothers sold him into slavery.
· Moses trusted when God called him to lead his people from a life of slavery to the Promised Land.
· Rahab the prostitute trusted when God told her to hide the spies during the Israelite’s battle in Jericho.
· Mary trusted God when He told her she would give birth to the Son of God.
It turned out that God’s plan was much better than mine - I never looked back at what could have been and I have been blessed beyond measure!
PRAYER:
Loving God, Thank you for showing me daily how wonderful my life can be when I put my trust in you. Amen.
Written by Jeannie Hamrick
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