Yesterday, I went to the “In Transition” workshop hosted by C4C.  It was a good opportunity to reflect about how I’ve grown/changed throughout university and how my life might change after I graduate.  Although the target audience of the workshop was really ppl who are graduating and moving onto the workforce and I am aiming to get into grad school…I think it’s useful to look ahead to the next stage after school.

Something that really hit home for me was the idea that work is a calling.

Here’s  a quote from an article in the “In Transition” workbook:

For a Christian, work is a calling.  Whether you are a minister or a mechanic, you do no work because it pays the bills, or because it’s personally fulfilling, or because it’s what you went to school for.  You work because it glorifies God.

I think that have been guilty of believing the common misconception that full-time ministry is “more important”, or “holier” than “regular work”.  This also comes into play in other areas of spirituality…I’ve caught myself thinking “well, since I haven’t been ‘called’ to go on project, I should support those who have been”.  But the bible is pretty clear when it says

Whether…you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God. (1 Cor 10:31 NASB)

From [Christ]and through Him and to Him are all things.  To Him be the glory forever. (Rom 11:36)

When I read that..I thought about my past co-op terms.  How many times have I just tried to “get through the day” at co-op?  My last placement was the most enjoyable, but looking back I think I missed the mark in different areas.  And even towards school.  For us students, it’s hard to remember in exam times that we do this for the glory of God…because God is glorified when we do our best.

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I’ve been having some restless nights lately thinking about grad school acceptances, about the future, about what I will do if I don’t get into OT.  Needless to say, this is an area that I am having a lot of trouble trusting God with.  I had this mentality that “God, I’ve worked really hard to get to this place…please don’t let me down..”  Yesterday, I was convicted that my attitude in thinking He “owed” something to me is wrong.  I mean, God doesn’t owe me anything.  Everything I have is from Him.  It may sound cliche and overspiritualized or whatever, but I know that God created me – my brain, my intelligence (limited as it is har har), my hands, my feet…(Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows. (James 1:17))  It’s not that I deserve to get into OT at all.  If anything I should be grateful to have gotten this far. 

Anyways.  Back to studying:)