Not the Grandiose

We never know exactly when God is going to make use of us to do some of His work in the place where he has put us.  Of course, it is possible we may not be open to His prodding of our Spirit, or deaf to the gentle voice with which He speaks  It is also true that those who are looking only for the grandiose adventure may miss the real adventure He is putting in our path.  Actually, if God were to suddenly say to us that He wants us to drop everything we are doing and sign up for a mission work in a third world country, we would likely turn into a Moses and say, "Send someone else."   

Maybe we only look for the grandiose because we know that God is more likely to call us to serve in some way that is more mundane and ordinary and those things are below our spiritual radar.  Those who do not believe that God has something He wants us to do for Him today are really missing out on what is not only an exciting adventure, but also a very fulfilling part of our daily walk with Him.  It is a mistake to think that God calls us to be become a living Christian monument.  

Instead, the call He places upon us is twofold.  One it is surely His intention to work that work of grace in us that creates in us something new.  No one who truly hears the call of God can ever be the same.  The second part of that call is that there is something God has planned for us to do in His Kingdom's work.  It may be a life time of some particular service or ministry, but it may also be one act after another of modeling His love, of offering forgiveness and grace, or helping some broken individual make it to tomorrow.  God does not call us to minister to the millions, or to the thousands, but to the one He has placed in the pathway of our life.  That moment alone can be the reason for our calling.