Wednesday, February 13, 2008

mission...leading...success.

mission...directions...following orders. sometimes the easiest of requests can be misunderstood. sometimes they are simply just not obeyed. when people fail to follow orders, the ranks break. when the ranks break, trust is breached. where there is no trust, there can be no success.

in gen. 24, abraham's servant uses the words 'mission,' 'leading' and 'success.' all this guy knew was that he was given vague instruction about where to go next. not really the specifics, more like ideas. he knew his mission was from his master who believed in God; therefore it was enough. he worships God over and over because it is obvious that He is the one leading the servant. the result of his journey was success.

notice, his success was not measured in riches or glory. rather he was there to set up another to have success. his role was to do his master's will, that's it. when he did it, he worshipped God - he knew that God was at work in his life and that He was leading him -- that was enough.

how ironic that sometimes we measure success without considering what God is leading us to do next. i find that God often paints with vague broad strokes to convey ideas, rather than specifics. i think that He will show us the specifics of the mission as we follow in His leading. i believe that when we do this, we will be successful.

the catch is that, when we fully obey, we are setting up Christ to have the glory and success, not ourselves. we need to remember, when we come to Christ, we become His servants. servants have no rights, their role is to serve and to do it as the master bids. what a strange perception on success.

how is God teaching you to be successful in your daily journey?

what have you found to be the current 'mission' that He's leading you on today?

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