“Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.”
~Hebrews 11:1
So what is Faith?
FAITH. It is your doorway to ask God for the impossible. It is your shield against worries and fears. It is your weapon against failures and disappointments. Faith. It tells you that “YOU CAN” when all your situations tell you that “YOU CAN’T”.
I came to this decision of my life to leave my well-paid and secured job. I was working for the last three years in government offices and it was God’s miracle that I landed on my last job as a level 2, permanent employee. God knows how I prayed for it. I boldly ask Him if it was His will that I stay at DOST, that He grant me a permanent position within six (6) months. Something that is merely possible since I were just a new and a job order employee. But He granted it and lifted me from level 1 to level 2 position. Whoa!
I enjoyed that moment and the blessings He has given me but there’s something inside me that was grieving. I know I prayed for the job but my heart is on something else. I can’t see myself getting old and retiring from this kind of job. I know it is too much to ask for more from God since this was His answer to my prayer. Yet I know, this is not the place of the fulfillment of His plan for me.
It was in my heart to teach ever since I were in grade school. I believe that if I were the one speaking in front of them teaching the wonders of God through Science, that I’ll have a greater influence and that I can help them with their relationship with God.
So I left my promising career and pursue teaching instead. With this, I can do both teaching and ministry.
Learning from the Life of Moses:
Faith is choosing your true identity to reach your destiny.
“v23 By faith Moses, when he was born, was hid three months of his parents, because they saw he was a proper child; and they were not afraid of the king’s commandment. v24 By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter; v25 Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season; v26 Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt: for he had respect unto the recompense of the reward.”
He has to choose his true destiny in spite of the riches and power prepared in front of him. He was lined up with the prince of Egypt, a powerful nation during that time. And yet when he has known his true identity, turned his back to his supposed to be family and returned to his own kindred. Refused at first, Moses journeyed to the wilderness to meet and communed with the God whom his forefathers served. (Exodus 1-4)
It was a wild journey but it was God’s way to trim down and mold Moses to become His sent deliverer to Israel.
“v26 By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible. v27 Through faith he kept the passover, and the sprinkling of blood, lest he that destroyed the firstborn should touch them. v28 By faith they passed through the Red Sea as by dry land: which the Egyptians assaying to do were drowned.”
So I pushed through even without the full support of my parents. I believe that someday they will understand this decision of mine. I know the path I chose is hard and there would be a lot of challenges yet this is where God leads me. If I stay in the comfort of my occupation, I would not be able to fulfill His plan for my life. And that is betraying the God who was given me my very own desires and prayers.
I understand that to follow Him means a lot of sacrifices but the reward is worth it in the end. So inspite of the privilege and prestige my job could offer me, I choose to love God more than anything. I choose to pursue His will for my life.
Our true identity brings us to our true destiny. We are Christ’s and to Him our lives belong. My identity was not to stay on the four corners of our office; my true identity is to reach out for people so that they could know Christ more.
To God be the glory!
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