"If God calls you to be a missionary, don't stoop to be a king"
-- Jordan Groom (variations of this also credited to G. K. Chesterson, Thomas Carlyle and Charles Haddon Spurgeon)
-- Jordan Groom (variations of this also credited to G. K. Chesterson, Thomas Carlyle and Charles Haddon Spurgeon)
I got lost in trying to find out who Jordan Groom is and it isn't vital to this blog, so I relented, anxious to carry on with this composition.
This blog isn't about missions at all. It's about the call of God. Anything that isn't what God has purposed for you to do is "stooping," taking it a step down. It isn't the highest call on your life. No matter what sort of wealth it brings, no matter what the title and position entail, nothing measures up to the plans God has for you. If God calls you to be a garbage man, don't stoop to be a Manager of a monopolizing franchise, because you'll always be missing something and looking and searching. That void is the fulfillment that would be if you were following the path God has mapped for you. Nothing that God asks you to do is worthless. He's got it all planned out.
"I'll take care of the rest.." -Keith Green Mitch, you shed great light as a friend and Christian. I think for some they stoop because what they see is right in front of them. The whole picture is only seen by Him. So we take what's there because it's instant gratification. But that's not His will and never the best for us.
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