Today a friend of mine called me to check in. He asked me how I was doing….naturally, I was honest with him. He asked me why he had not seen me at church at all since I had moved back to West Palm, I told him because I was avoiding large gatherings with lots of people I knew for fear of being bombarded with the “what are your plans?” questions. Some days that question kind of makes my stomach churn, so I just really try to avoid it all together. He instructed me to read this excerpt from Oswald Chambers ‘My Utmost For His Highest” I love this book, so much truth for where I am at, where we are all at really. I am so grateful for this truth. I must say, when it comes down to it, I am awful at living for the present. We are all a work in progress, the progress is also the process of our lives. May we realize that the process of becoming more like Christ (our sanctification, if we must get technical) is the goal of our lives today, and every day. I need to realize that it’s ok to politely respond to the “what are your plans” questions with a polite “waiting for that to be revealed, but for now I am here” answer. After all, whenever He tells me to get into the boat, or take a step into the Jordan, I am so ready!
Enjoy some wisdom from good ol’ Ozzy below! 
God’s Purpose or Mine?
We tend to think that if Jesus Christ compels us to do something and we are obedient to Him, He will lead us to great success. We should never have the thought that our dreams of success are God’s purpose for us. In fact, His purpose may be exactly the opposite. We have the idea that God is leading us toward a particular end or a desired goal, but He is not. The question of whether or not we arrive at a particular goal is of little importance, and reaching it becomes merely an episode along the way. What we see as only the process of reaching a particular end, God sees as the goal itself.
What is my vision of God’s purpose for me? Whatever it may be, His purpose is for me to depend on Him and on His power now. If I can stay calm, faithful, and unconfused while in the middle of the turmoil of life, the goal of the purpose of God is being accomplished in me. God is not working toward a particular finish— His purpose is the process itself. What He desires for me is that I see “Him walking on the sea” with no shore, no success, nor goal in sight, but simply having the absolute certainty that everything is all right because I see “Him walking on the sea” (Mark 6:49). It is the process, not the outcome, that is glorifying to God.
God’s training is for now, not later. His purpose is for this very minute, not for sometime in the future. We have nothing to do with what will follow our obedience, and we are wrong to concern ourselves with it. What people call preparation, God sees as the goal itself.
God’s purpose is to enable me to see that He can walk on the storms of my life right now. If we have a further goal in mind, we are not paying enough attention to the present time. However, if we realize that moment-by-moment obedience is the goal, then each moment as it comes is precious.
Written by Oswald Chambers, My Utmost For His Highest.
