When I Grow Up

When you were a child, what job did you most want to have when you grew up?

When I was a child, the race for space was in full swing so I dreamed of becoming an astronaut.

That, of course, did not happen.

I posed that question to my friends and I was surprised at the variety of answers I received.

One wanted to be a baseball player.

Another wanted to be an archaeologist.

Other occupations that made up the list I gathered were artist, nurse, teacher, actress, radio disc jockey and forest ranger.

I suppose by now the list has grown even longer.

I was really surprised by the wide variety of answers I received.

Most of the people I asked did not get the job they dreamed of doing.

Fortunately for some students, two of the teachers did.

Although I never became an astronaut, I do have a job that I enjoy and have had it for a long time.

I have not had to go to a job interview in a good many years, but one of the questions I remember potential employers usually asking was, "Where do you see yourself in five years?"

I suppose they were trying to somehow gauge the amount of ambition I had by analyzing my answer to this question.

But, to be honest, there is not a single one among us that really knows the answer to that question.

That would require a degree of omniscience that human beings simply do not have.

Fortunately, God knows us better than we know ourselves.

He knows what he has planned for us.

He will even equip us to fulfill that plan.

He will do so even if that plan is one we would not have chosen for ourselves.

Jeremiah 29:11 (NET) - 'For I know what I have planned for you,' says the LORD. 'I have plans to prosper you, not to harm you. I have plans to give you a future filled with hope.'

Bear in mind that prosperity does not necessarily mean financial prosperity as today's definition of the word currently implies.

Some of the most faithful people I knew were anything but financially prosperous.

By the way, if you are one of the few who actually got that job you dreamed of, I congratulate you.

Whether you did or not, make sure you thank Him for the one you have and do it to the best of your ability to bring Him glory.


Blessings,
Jim Pokorny
The  Other Brother Jim
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