Flash forward a few millennia - God kind of gave up on the whole setting things in stone idea; it was a tragic fail the first time, and has caused all sorts of strange things since, best not risk that tactic again. So instead, we get to sit around scratching our heads trying to navigate the world of "calling" and "vocation" and "purpose". Making "goals" and doing "strategic planning". Trying to "keep doors open" and "make room for God's will in our lives". Great...
Forgive the sarcasm, but does nobody else see the absolute vanity of this jargon? Is this really the best way Christians have for talking about how to figure out what to do with our lives? Lived experience doesn't really seem to line up with these patronizing answers (big surprise).
So, how can we go about figuring out how to live lives that line up with Christ's will for our lives? I really have no idea, it probably looks differently for everyone.
Honestly the only answer that makes sense is so clichéd and christiany that it hurts to type it, but I think praying about it is the only thing we can do. This sucks for someone like me who never could get the hang of praying, but maybe that's the reason so many of us are wandering and wondering, we simply aren't really praying.
That being said, the prayer that Jesus taught us doesn't guarantee us answers to our question of "So what's next Lord?" To that he says, "Give us THIS day our daily bread"... hmmm sneaky Jesus.
So once again I find myself back to where I started with this whole thinking, living, and being a Christian thing. "And these three remain, Faith, Hope, and Love". I'll have faith that by asking for my daily bread in constant prayer and petition, the hopes that I have will be transformed to the way of Love and in some way I'll find myself accidentally following Jesus.
Here's to putting our hope in things unseen! (cf. 2 Cor. 4:18)
