November 17, 2022

Hebrews 13: 20, 21 (NIV)

May the God of peace . . . equip you with everything good for doing his will.

With His call . . . comes His enabling.*

When you start a new job, you probably come equipped with some of the qualities you need for the position or you wouldn’t be hired in the first place. Your education and previous experience play a large role in how well you can expect to do. Your employer will probably offer you some training to better prepare you for the job and present you with opportunities to grow as an employee. But you will arrive at your new workplace with baggage – some good, some bad – that isn’t so easily quantified. Your employer will become aware of your weaknesses but he will also begin to notice the attributes that make you special – skills, abilities, attitudes, and aptitudes. Education, experience, training, your natural aptitude - these are all important assets for a valuable employee, but you might be surprised at one final piece of equipment you need to round out your résumé: liking the job.

When it comes to our spiritual calling, God equips us with what we need even better than our employer does. On paper, you may appear to be totally unqualified for the job, but if God wants you in that position, he will make sure you have everything you need. I don’t know about you but I have always suffered from the fear that God will call me to do something that I hate. That’s why this passage in Hebrews is like a breath of fresh air.  If God is going to equip me with everything good for doing his will, I am going to love the job.

How to determine God’s calling is a subject for another day. For today, let me leave you with this thought: If you are struggling with whether you are being called to a ministry or not, at least relieve yourself of concerns about how you feel about the job. When you step into God’s will, your job may not be easy but you will delight in it. 

If you have earnestly sought to please him and have asked for wisdom, you can rest secure in the knowledge that he will work all things in the direction he knows will ultimately be best for you.*