God's Timing

Timing is everything, at least that is what I have heard.  Last week I was working through my personal life mandate worksheets and was jotting down some of my natural abilities.  Among them I listed the ability to build things and an analytical mind.  I then started to think about how these two things would, could, or should play out in who I am and what I am called to do.  I had a list of four or five, but the two listed previously were the ones that stuck in my mind.  Here is where I saw God’s timing in the matter.  The day after I created my list and started pondering these things I was at the Minnesota state fair.  This is not unusual for me since I seem to be drawn to the fair multiple times each year.  This year Habitat for Humanity had an exhibit their about the work they are doing with Thrivent financial to build home in the Twin Cities area.  As I was touring the exhibit, I felt God’s tug on me saying, you know how to build, you know how to serve so be about what I have created you to do.

The second instance was a couple of days after pondering these things, actually it would have been the next day, but I was at the fair and was unable to take the call.  A friend was having trouble with the layout of his blog.  By systematically working through the different sections we were able to determine the component that was bad, make the needed repairs and now his blog is functioning properly.  Again, I was wondering how one of my natural abilities would be used and God provided an answer.

As you think about how it is God has wired you, your natural abilities, and your acquired skills you may not know how they will be applied in service to God, all you need to do is listen and be willing to serve and the opportunities will present themselves.

Posted by strscoa on Thu, 7 Sep 2006 13:58
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