where are you going?

Monday March 21st, Genesis 12: 4 So Abram left, as the LORD had told him; and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he set out from Haran. For a few of us, God calls us to leave and go somewhere new. The path is not easy, even Abram did not go alone. Abram had the voice of God calling him and urging him on. We have the scriptures, which is the voice of God calling many through the ages and urging them, and us, on. If, after fervent prayer, your calling fits a few verses in scripture, or what someone else tells you are a few verses in scripture just for you, you might want to double check. If however, after fervent prayer, your calling fits the general pattern of the teachings of Christ, and is particular to your gifts and talents and dreams from down in your soul, you might want to listen. Remember Abram was 75 when he started down the path God had set before him. You can be sure there was lots of fervent prayer over the years before his journey began. A true calling is less what you want to do and more what have to do, no matter how many times you have prayed to get out of it. Once you are on the path, it won’t be easy, but your soul will know it is home, and so will your heart. The journey is not always to a far country, more often than not it is right where you have planted yourself and are growing. In those cases the calling is simply to bloom where you are planted. There are cases however when, like Bilbo Baggins, you need to ready yourself for an adventure.