Everyone has a calling on their life of some sort. Some callings are large, and others are small. But often times before we receive our large calling God will give us a much smaller calling to test our faithfulness to him.
I am no different. Over my life God gave me many small callings and I often ignored them. When I started answering my small callings with a YES then my life began to change. There were three things that I said yes to the Lord about. The first one and one of the easiest things I said yes to was reading my bible. I have been in church my entire life, but it was not until recently that I began to read my Bible every day. Actually, I only got my first real Bible about a year ago. Since I have started reading my Bible daily my I have seen a deep spiritual growth and convictions for things I used to do regularly. One thing in particular I have noticed is my mouth. I used to curse like a sailor and could snap at people in a heartbeat. Well the past few months I have noticed my mouth getting a lot better and when I do slip up and say something or think something I shouldn’t then I instantly regret it and try not to repeat it. I used to think who cares if I curse but now I know that I am representing Jesus Christ who is Holy and, so I need to try my absolute hardest to be like Him. The next two things I said Yes to was kind of like a two for one. I was serving with the youth group at my church last spring and there were two things that held me back from getting deeper involved. One was my job. I had a pretty good job making good money but just wasn’t happy and knew that God had bigger plans for my life, so I had to leave. This was hard because I loved the people that I worked with and the job I was going to take was full of uncertainty. The new job I would be working for a company owned by my best friend, so I was able to take as much time as I needed to do church stuff and to serve and spend time with the youth. This opened up the chance for me to go to Atlanta with them. The next little yes that tied in with leaving my job was leaving a relationship. Both of these things happened at the same time and for the same reason. There was nothing wrong with this relationship. It was actually really good compared to what I was in previously, but God had more in store for me. There was time I spent with the girl that I could have spent pouring out into the kids. Ending this relationship was not fun or easy but I knew afterwards that it was what God had called me to do. Sometimes these “small” things may not seem so small at the time but looking back you can see how faithful God was in these moments and know that He will be just as faithful if not more faithful in the big moments.
If I did not say yes to these three “small” things, then there would not have been a big yes for me. I would not have heard God calling me to become a missionary. I also wouldn’t have the faith to take on an 11-month mission trip. I have seen God work miracles in my life in the past couple years though and I know that he will continue showing himself to me as I prepare to go out and serve my Him. He has blessed me more than I could have ever asked for and saved me from a lot, but I know that it is just the beginning of what he is doing in my life.
