Living with the Calling

Sometimes when we find ourselves where we are on the journey of faith, we look around, decide that life should be better for us, and point an accusatory finger toward God.  What we experience seems like a poor reward for our faithfulness and often when we are standing surrounded by a hard place, we are quick to tell God how He could be doing better for us.  Of course, we know we are not promised a walk through a rose garden on a Sunday afternoon, but it is easy thing to forget.     

What would serve us well is to remember is that the calling of God which set us out on this journey of faith may be bringing us to moments we would not choose.  When we look at the Biblical characters such as Daniel, or Moses, or Jeremiah we see people of faith who found themselves walking into difficult places because they chose faithfulness to God.  What is always true is that God is able to bring us through any difficulty and that in the midst of any difficulty, He is working to bring good into our lives.     

The deeper we walk into the journey, the more we realize that what is ahead is not met with personal strength, human fortitude, and determined persistence, but by faith.  Faith in the One who walks ahead and alongside of us is what gives meaning to the journey.  What is ahead cannot be seen, or figured out ahead of time which makes the choice of faith the only one which really fits into what God is doing in our lives.