Experience

HEAVENLY FATHER,
Thank you that you waste nothing but use everything to further your good purposes. David's first job was shephering--hardly the recommended grooming for a future king. Yet the lessons David learned on the hills with the sheep served him well on the throne; he ruled not as a tyrant but as a shepherd. Thank you, God, that you can use me, too, in whatever situation I find myself, and you will use my current circumstances to prepare me for future service. Even if I think my job, activities, or circumstances are signifigant now, help me remember that you may be preparing me for service later. God, I need your help to make the most of where you have put me right now. Let my service to you in the present become a time of preparation for the future you have planned for me.

*** I am certain that God, who began the good work within you, will continue his work until it is finally finished on the day when Christ Jesus returns. PHILLIPPIANS 1:6 ***

I must say that I absolutely love this prayer and bible verse. For years now I have known that the Lord was doing a great work in me and through me. I can reflect on many days were I felt like the simple and mundane seemed useless when it came to a service for the Lord , but know I look back and can smile on the things that I have learned and can share with others. I know know that even now the Lord has a plan in motion and Im excited to find out where it will lead and what kind of service I will be doing for the Lord.