I Love This Plan

On a baseball team nine players need to take the field and cover all of the positions.  Sometimes players are out in a position that they don't want to play.  They are out in right field, but they would rather being playing the infield.  The thing is that SOMEONE has to play right field.  You can try to tell the coach that you don't want to play that position.  He will likely find you another place that you can be, such as sitting on the bench.

If you want to get in the game, you have to be willing to play where the team needs you, not only where it is your favorite.  In most situations we can decide to wallow in the misfortune or celebrate the opportunity.  A lot of it comes down to attitude.  

It's easy when the job that needs doing is one that you want to do anyway. Life only has a limited number of these that come along.  Most things fall into the category of "not that bad" and how much fulfillment it brings to us depends on the attitude that we bring to it.

And so it is with our walk with God.

Have you ever noticed that no one ever says that they are feeling the call of God and He wants me to stay home tonight with my feet up and watch some TV.  Maybe He's calling me to have some blueberry pie along with it.  No, nobody ever seems to get that call.  Probably because God doesn't need to call anyone to that task.  It is well covered.

Our attitude with God affects our relationship with God.  We need to be willing to serve where He wants us to serve.

If we want to have a relationship with God, we need to be willing to get in the game at whatever position we are called.  It's either that or sit on the bench.