Embraced

Friends, this is kind of long, but I couldn’t cut any part of it out. This word from Lysa Terkeurst’s “Embraced” devotional really spoke to me today, so naturally I wanted to share with you. I pray it brings a spark of hope and encouragement.

“David was anointed to become King. But where did he go after being anointed as king? To a refining school? A government academy? Military training? Nope.

He went back to the fields and continued to shepherd his sheep. A king-to-be doing lowly tasks. A future king whose character was refined in the fields of everyday life to prepare him for his calling.

How like us. In the midst of smelly laundry, dirty dishes, snotty noses, misplaced keys, overdue library books, bills, and that birthday gift that still needs to be mailed- there is training. There is character building. There is soul defining. All of which must take place for us to become what God intends.

We aren’t just doing tasks. We are building a legacy. We are shaping God’s Kingdom. We are in the process of not only discovering our calling but that of our family as well.”