In Time...

I just finished listening to Louie Giglio's session from the Lift conference.  A couple things hit home like a missile locked on.

God will find you where you are..... God will raise you when He wants.  As far as He wants. As fast as He wants. -Louie Giglio

For those who don't know- I am looking for a new position.  I am volunteering at a nearby church, working under an amazing leader and learning a ton.  And these words are what I needed to hear at this very moment.

I am an ordained minister (yes- technically my name is Reverend Josh Williams... I don't think I have ever typed that out...), and I am called by God to lead others in worship, I am a creative.  And I was brought to this earth to do these things.  In time.

Everything that has happened in my life so far has been in God's perfect plan.  Despite any heartache, turmoil, joy, or unexpectedness- it was all for a purpose. God's purpose.  And God's plan doesn't just end with me in the midst of a huge forest.  I have been chosen by God, and He has a perfect plan.

I have to stop worrying that I need to be sending my resume to more people, make more contacts, that I need to network more.  Yes- networking gets you jobs.  But you see, when we try to take the pen from the Storyteller- when we try to write our own story- we worry that we will miss the opportunity.
God is the Storyteller.  And He isn't going to let us miss something that is part of our plan.

From time to time, I will think of "career moves".  You know what I mean- the "should I be a volunteer here at blank church, or a leader over here at blank church" thoughts.  "Which one will take me farther?"  These are the WRONG questions.  I don't capitalize much, so take this to heart- GOD WILL FIND YOU.
God will find me.  It doesn't matter where I am at- if God wants to move me He will.

What He requires of me is that I give every ounce of my being to wherever it is that I am.  Whether a volunteer- the leader- a person in the congregation- God wants my all.

God has a plan for me.  And in time,  He will bring me the next step.  But for now, and I say this will all sincerity- there is nowhere else I would rather be.


I write this for myself.  But I also write this for any one who is going through something similar.  Take heart- you won't be in a slump forever.