Owning It

Have you ever had a job or been in a season of life that isn’t the most glamorous or exciting, where you are faced with obstacles that you just want to run away from? I know I have.

I’ve been re-reading through the story of David and Goliath, which is a story I thought I knew pretty well but as I was studying it more, some things really stuck out to me about David. In 1 Samuel 17:34-35, this is the part of the story where David is answering King Saul’s question to him on why he is able to fight Goliath. David’s response to this question is that while watching his fathers sheep he was faced with a lion and a bear that tried to take his sheep, and how he overcame them.

I love how the Bible paints this picture of how David had a job of watching his fathers sheep, which was probably not the most glamorous job in the world, and yet he owned that job. He did his job well and with excellence. So much so that when he was faced with obstacles, a lion and a bear, he faced them and over came them. He didn’t run from his obstacles. Obviously I’m not telling us to face any wild animals in our life! I feel this is so awesome to think about what we can learn from this example, instead of running from the obstacles in our life we face them and overcome them. Maybe it’s a co-worker at work who we could extend grace too, it’s learning how to be a better steward of our finances, maybe it’s learning to be more patient towards others. Maybe the job we have right now or the season of life we are in is not the most glamorous but realize how important it is to give it our best and be good stewards of where we are and to live a life of excellence just like David did. God used that job that David had of watching his fathers sheep as preparation for what God had for him in the future, God used those obstacles that David faced to prepare David to become the person he had called him to be. David probably couldn’t see where his job of watching those sheep was leading him too, which was too defeat Goliath, but he was still faithful in that job and he still gave it his all, and God ended up using him in a big way!

I believe this should encourage us to give those jobs/times in our life that don’t seem significant at the time our best and live them out in excellence because we can’t always see where they might lead too but God does. Let’s strive to give everyday our best and own it!

 

 

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