“I’m just not made for school”
or is that just an excuse for my lack of self-control, discipline, responsibility, and humility?
Probably.
Maybe, somewhere down the line, it’ll turn out that God—in his sovereign predestination of all the works I would do (cf. Ephesians 2:10)—has actually ordained that I will drop out of school and become an incredible songwriter/itinerant preacher/world-renowned apologist/multi-billionaire entrepreneur.
Maybe, somewhere down the line, I’ll find myself called away from the medical field and into something entirely different.
But the intent was never for us to spend so much time and effort thinking about our specific “callings” or “plans for our lives” or “God-placed niches” or “divine appointments.” The will of God has already been revealed, and we call it the Bible. Do you see how foolish and arrogant it is for us to think about his will so much in terms of ourselves?
Finally, then, brothers, we ask and urge you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received from us how you ought to walk and to please God, just as you are doing, that you do so more and more. For you know what instructions we gave you through the Lord Jesus. For this is the will of God, your sanctification. -1 Thessalonians 4:1-3a
It’s not nearly as important for me to think about seminary vs. med school as it is for me to think about disobedient vs. obedient, bad vs. good stewardship, undisciplined vs. self-controlled, procrastinating vs. responsible, sin vs. Christ. Wherever I am, I need to fight to know the Word and fight to obey it. This is not legalism; God is king and I have been redeemed, and so my life is demanded of me and gladly do I give it.
And to do this, I need grace. How I fail, and how desperately, how desperately, how desperately I need grace.
So, by the grace of God—let’s read more, believe more, trust more, love more, and obey more.
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