Be content with your calling (2)

Paul wrote, “We make it our goal to please him…For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each of us may receive what is due us for the things done while in the body, whether good or bad” (vv. 9-10 NIV). If pleasing people is your main goal in life, you’ll be disappointed. The moment you stop pleasing them, chances are they’ll criticize you or leave you. Plus, they won’t be with you when you stand at the judgment seat of Christ to be evaluated and rewarded! Bottom line: you’re not assigned to everybody! So once you discover your God-given gift, ask, “Lord, to whom are You sending me?” “One night the Lord spoke to Paul in a vision: ‘Do not be afraid; keep on speaking, do not be silent. For I am with you, and no one is going to attack and harm you, because I have many people in this city.’ So Paul stayed in Corinth for a year and a half, teaching them the word of God” (Acts 18:9-11 NIV). To whom has God sent you? As surely as a plant only thrives in the right kind of soil, you’ll only succeed in the place to which God has assigned you. Peter did well preaching to the Jewish people, whereas Paul wrote, “God…was pleased to reveal his Son in me so that I might preach him among the Gentiles” (Galatians 1:15-16 NIV). You must love people and listen to the right people. But when it comes to your calling—you must be led by God! So go where He sends you and trust Him to take care of you.