No Blueprint
It’s 7 AM, and my work day is rapidly approaching. In a few fleeting moments, my personal priorities will take a back seat to the demands of a work day. My gifts will serve others to provide income I am depending on. Am I missing out on making more impact, doing work that expresses my gifts more fully, and what is my blueprint for this phase of my career? And, if I keep writing this honestly about work, will I even have a career?
My breath comes a bit faster, and I recall Jesus saying that he will clothe and feed me like wildflowers and songbirds, if only I’ll trust Him. Yes, I may need a blueprint to build a more strategic career, but first, I must trust and obey what Jesus is leading me to do and say.
Another deep breath. Today, I will write code to power a budgeting tool. That is the urgent thing, and maybe the most important. If joy comes today while I’m writing code, I’ll receive it as a gift. If it doesn’t, I’ll trust that provision through mundane work is also grace in action.
Today, I am too close to my work to see the big picture. I’m groping through a dark tunnel, step by step, confident there is light at the end, but I can’t see it yet. So my job is simple: take another step. Then another.
Do I need a blueprint, or a map of this tunnel? Yes, and no. Taking the next step is always possible, even when I don’t know where I’m going. I’ll keep my eyes open and look for unexpected connections while I wait and work today.
Not a blueprint. Not a map. Faith, and the next step. That will be enough.
