Rediscovering what you really enjoy, what work most touches your soul, and where life moves into a “zone” is something that everyone needs to experience. Yesterday was, for me, one of those days. I can say that by the end of the day I was – I’m searching for the right word – totally “knackered”. I found the process to be regenerating while at the same time totally exhausting. By the time my friends left I was really for a hot shower and bed!
There are days in life when one wonders what one is intended to do. Divinity didn’t just place us here to play around and then die. There is a purpose if only we could discover what it is! I believe that the purpose is both generalized and personalized. We all have broad principles that define our intent and mission while at the same time there is a calling by God to a mission that is uniquely tailored to your competencies and the world around you. Yesterday was, for me, one of those discovery days.
Life has been rather hectic during the past few years. With my competitive spirit it has been far too easy to be consumed by winning and competing. Yesterday I stepped back and helped two friends make a bowl. There wasn’t anything that “special” from the outside but for us it was. Individually they took on selecting the wood, contemplating what the wood might be “saying” to them, doing the preliminary cut, and then stepping up to become a wood turner.
The results were fantastic! Unique shapes that I would have never designed. They were imagined and brought to life. I can just hear God saying to us – “And that's just the beginning: After that—”I will pour out my Spirit on every kind of people: Your sons will prophesy, also your daughters. Your old men will dream, your young men will see visions.” (Joel 2.28)
I am here to dream. Others will see visions. Some, men and women, will prophesy. This is what we are intended to do.
