Scary Stuff

An inspired speaker this week reminded me of this quote from Jurassic Park:


"Yeah, but your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should."
-Dr. Ian Malcolm:

I've spent most of this year desperately trying to carve out some of my plans (including finding work, growing friendships, planning family things). I didn't spend much time asking if "should." What a humbling idea.

God doesn't just have a plan (Jeremiah 29:11-12, Psalm 40), but a good and perfect WILL for my life:

1 Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship. 2 Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will. -Romans 12:1-2

After so long job-hunting, I spent time this week asking God if it is his will that I am working, to which I felt a peaceful whisper, "I was just waiting for you to ask."

Wow.

So now, through an amazing series of events, I'm preparing for an interview tomorrow. Asking God's will can be scary, because it means you have the actual opportunity to OBEY it. Woah.

Wish me luck. :)