You long to understand your reason for being. Your job has become boring and things advertised as pleasurable don’t bring happiness for long. You’ve hung out at the clubs, dated many people, consumed a lot of alcohol, and engaged in all kinds of entertainment to satisfy what you think you desire. But, you now recognize these things have not fulfilled you like you thought they would and like people told you they would.
Thinking and doing things according to the LORD’s wisdom is the only pathway that can produce fulfillment because it leads you to intimate relationship with Jesus Christ and the knowledge of the Great Commission and your particular purpose in Him that you are to pursue while on earth. Your calling does not have to be anything with a lofty spiritual title like pastor, evangelist, missionary, etc. though it could be. However, it is likely that most people’s calling (the work arenas they will pursue as a livelihood) will be in the marketplace (accounting, administration, physical labor, law, medicine, analyst, manager, etc.).
The arenas in which you work throughout the remainder of your life will be intertwined with your purpose and help fulfill the Great Commission as they are augmented by your continual maturity in Christ-likeness and its byproducts of godly communication, better lifestyle example, and good income management and disbursement to worthwhile ministry. Even when you do not say much (though you should be ready to share the reason for your Hope with anyone who asks or to whom God leads you) you will be an integral tool in God’s hand leading people to Christ, everlasting life, and good works.
Regard wisdom from the Lord more highly than money, gold, silver, precious jewels, position, power, politics, and any other material thing that men desire because through it He gives you dominion in the earth that is tailor made for you. It allows you to do all things through Christ which strengthen you. It helps you mature in Him to obtain the correct knowledge of God and better understand the plan for your life and how you can fulfill it step by step in a way that also enriches the lives of other people.
You are created to glorify God by loving Him through fellowship with Christ in praise, worship, and prayer and by helping fulfilling the Great Commission He gave you on this earth. Money without the Holy Spirit’s direction is of no eternal value to you and therefore of dubious earthly value. So, search the bible for knowledge and understanding of God’s will so you can make godly lifestyle and money management decisions in every arena pertinent to your life.
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Psalms 111:10, Proverbs 15:33, Galatians 6:7-10, Ephesians 5:15-17
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