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Forsake Your Calling

by Abby Kelly  
8/09/2014 / Christian Living


Worry is that bastard emotion--the one that sneaks up on you when you imagine you're in control and mocks all that you've tamed and called your life.

You know it comes partly from within you. You can feel it well up inside, birthed from a dark place that you'd rather forget or not acknowledge--a memory, a bad experience.

On the other hand, you can't identify where worry comes from. Sometimes, it rises from places you've never seen before, circumstances you've never endured--a fear, imagination or predilection. The terrible thing is, no matter worry's origin, it finds its counterpart in you. It thrives on your waking hours, stalks your dreams and plays with your mind. It feels like pesky flies circling your good intentions, your attempts to concentrate, pray or ignore it.

I found a page in my journal recently where I had cried out to God, "I want you to be my one pure and holy passion! One singular longing not simply above all the others but replacing all the others. I want my thoughts so fixed on you, my eyes so mesmerized by you that for once, this pesky worry--no matter where it comes from--is rendered mute and inconsequential!"

The best part? He answered me:

Beloved. And hear me say that again, Beloved. You are deeply loved and cherished, no amount of wrangling in your mind can undo that. But you are far too obsessed with figuring out and mapping the flow of your life. You thrive on routines, demand a well-defined calling, seek a respectable agenda or vision. But these longings keep you from being relaxed and organically guided by my Spirit. And it is organic, because I am your Creator, your breath, your pulse. Every cell and the tenor of your future are mine.

And that measure of safety and stability you long for? That too is found in me. You know my character, it is unchanging (Malachi 3:6). How can your road be treacherous when you have a well-traveled, attentive Shepherd?

Have your thoughts ever buzzed with high-pitched fervor through your brain? Whether it be simply anticipating guests or bigger like distress in a relationship, the state of your faith, illness, fear or anger--all of these can manifest as worry, which simply means "distress, unease".

Take it from a well, worn warrior. Stop looking for the straight and narrow. Stop searching for the plotted path, the intended direction. Stop seeking your calling or "what you're supposed to do". Abandon perfect. Abandon the map.

Were you ever told the Bible is your roadmap to heaven? It's not, so it's safe to abandon the map! The Bible is a spotlight on Jesus. It points you to the Shepherd.

Start looking at the Shepherd. Follow the well-traveled Guide. It will be a wild ride and you will rarely, if ever, know what's coming next. But you will always, always be going the right way.

Learn more about me on my website: http://predatory-lies.com/about-me/

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