Can you remember a job you’ve had that you thought would never benefit you aside from the paycheck you would receive? I was reflecting this last week about jobs and over the years I have had a few. I’ve worked places that I felt appreciated and places that I haven’t. I’ve had jobs that fulfilled me and others that seemed like a waste of time. Whatever the experience, I recognize the Lord was adding something onto me in that season, something valuable that I will need in my life ahead.
In Acts 18 we see that Paul is a tentmaker… The Apostle Paul a tentmaker!! ?? This is as unexciting as it sounds but the work demanded patience, a steady hand, and for the otherwise proud Paul, humility. God meets us right where we are and in spite of our ingratitude, gives us good gifts of experience. Whatever you are doing today remember that nothing is wasted when you are a child of God. He is adding onto your abilities in the roughest of waters so down the line you will be better suited to navigate the road ahead. For Peter it was fishing, for Matthew it was tax collecting and for you and me it’s __________, but in the end our Father is involved in it all and nothing is ever wasted when it comes from His hand.
In the name of Jesus may it be so!
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