Every one of us has some desire or the other – some may want to earn more, some may want to work in a bigger concern, some may want to have their own house and if they have one they would want a bigger house and the list goes on. Our desires tend to change as we grow older and as the days pass by.
I just want to look back on few of my desires and see what has happened to those.
1) I wanted to get placed in Caritor – that was the first IT company that visited my campus (UG) and I was made to wait for a long time in fact, I was the last one to attend technical and HR. I was getting so impatient and I cried out to God saying “God, I want a job in this company! I can’t wait for any other interviews in any other companies anymore!” and God granted my request. I got placed there. But was that God’s will? I never even thought about it.
2) I wanted to do my internship in Honeywell – that was the only company that came to campus with an offer of internship and I was very excited and as usual I prayed that I wanted to get it there and guess what God granted me that too! Even though I got an offer of internship there I didn’t want to do there as I would miss my last semester in college and I decided not to go. I never asked God what He wanted me to do.
It was always about me and what I wanted in my life! How selfish I had been that I never even asked my Creator the purpose for which He created me, where He wanted me to go or what He wanted me to do! And do you know what happened after that, Caritor never called and the person who did internship in Honeywell was called immediately! If only I had not taken the wrong decision! My desires didn’t turn out well even though it was fulfilled.
Then I committed my life to Jesus and decided to submit to His will in my life as I realized that He knows what is best for me. Our agenda is very different from God’s agenda. God says, “As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.” – Isaiah 55:9
So, what was in His agenda?
1) For me to pursue my Masters – Trust me it was never my plan! Doing B.E for 4 years itself I found was too much for me I didn’t even give a thought to doing M.E that too in such a college as that! When God lead me to it I was so unsure of how I was going to mange to do that but God reminded me that, “I am with you always” (Mt 28:20) “I will never leave you nor forsake you”(Jo 1:5) Each day it was only by His help that I was able to do it.
2) For me to join GE – Doing internship there was not in my plan either! When I heard of it I didn’t even apply for it but I just prayed that if it is His will, He will do it somehow or the other and by His wonderful guidance He arranged everything for me and gave me favor in the eyes of the people there.
1) For me to pursue my Masters – Trust me it was never my plan! Doing B.E for 4 years itself I found was too much for me I didn’t even give a thought to doing M.E that too in such a college as that! When God lead me to it I was so unsure of how I was going to mange to do that but God reminded me that, “I am with you always” (Mt 28:20) “I will never leave you nor forsake you”(Jo 1:5) Each day it was only by His help that I was able to do it.
2) For me to join GE – Doing internship there was not in my plan either! When I heard of it I didn’t even apply for it but I just prayed that if it is His will, He will do it somehow or the other and by His wonderful guidance He arranged everything for me and gave me favor in the eyes of the people there.
So, is it always easy to know and do God’s will? It may not seem so at the beginning but remember when God leads you to it, He will also give you the strength to do it – His grace is sufficient! Trust Him. I read a nice quote somewhere,
“The will of God will never take you where the grace of God will not protect you.”
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