What job do you want to have when you grow up?
Posted by tom | Sep 17, 2010The other day "My Very First Devotional Bible" posed the question, "What job do you want to have when you grow up?" as an introduction to the story of Samuel's call (I Samuel 3:1-10). What was Eden's answer as we ate our breakfast?
- Orange Juice
- Vitamins
- Egg sandwhich
- Oatmeal w/grapes, banana, & brown sugar
"I want to be a doctor."
Was she persuaded to change her mind by the pictures of a firefighter, a teacher, or an artist? No and no doubt that is only reinforced by her many books about doctors/hospitals, visits to doctors/hospitals, time with the PSU-Hershey Christian Medical Society, and 'the call to care' which is placed on her heart.
What do you want to be when you grow up? If you have children (grandchildren, or great-grandchildren), what do they desire to be when they grow up? The lesson focused on reminding the reader that our first job is to love God and others.
"Speak. I'm listening." -- Samuel, I Samuel 3:10
May we likewise reply to the call of God (and the instruction of our elders) in our daily walk with God.
"Go and lie down, and if he calls you, say, 'Speak, LORD, for your servant is listening.' -- Eli, I Samuel 3:9
May we as Eli (who comes through in this story) likewise encourage family, friends, brothers/sisters in Christ to listen to the voice of God.
Note: I desire to become more and more like Christ each and every day ... in each and every way ... as I was created to be. And I long to see others to do likewise. What a joy first to follow Christ and be a part of His Body/people directed by His Father, Spirit, Word, Way, Truth, Life, and then to have a practical overflow through family, friends, Elizabethtown Brethren in Christ, and InterVarsity Christian Fellowship!
