will

Romans 12:2 " Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is - his good, pleasing and perfect will."

Sometime last fall I went to an Intervarsity conference called Emerge, and on the last night, our key note speaker began telling several stories of how God had called him to step out in faith in different parts of his life. He got to the end of his talk and began to give an altar call. The altar call turned into a recommit your life to Jesus call, and then finally a generic invitation to step out in faith call. At the time, I was praying for the non-Christian friends around me when my mind started to wander and I began thinking of the future. Engineer or Doctor, Engineer or Doctor, good choice, or another good choice, engineer or doctor. When, all of a sudden, Engineer, Doctor, or Pastor popped into my head. Pastor? Ministry? I remember laughing when those thoughts first popped into my head. I went back to the back of the room and talked to a staff worker about it, and when I told him "so, the thought of being a pastor popped into my head" his first response was laughter as well, and then we prayed about it.

Yesterday, I asked a friend of mine if she wanted to pray, she was going through tough times and looked like she needed it. We were in a public place, so I began to walk to some place more private, when that same thought came into my head. "Wern, maybe you should be in ministry."

Pray that as I prepare and go to Calcutta, that God would continue to show his great plan for my life. Engineer, Doctor, Ministry, whatever it may be. Pray, that I would be ever dilligent in renewing my mind. Pray, that I may have the faith and courage to grasp what God has in store for me. His good, pleasing, and perfect will.