Never Ending Chances

Never Ending Chances

By: Radicalroy / Oct. 16’09 Tajikistan

What do you say when the zillion person asks what your plans are for your future? Maybe you have a specific goal in life, so plans naturally line up with that goal; you want to be a doctor, so you know you’ll be going to medical school. Perhaps you’re not sure exactly what you want to do, but you have several ideas in mind, possibly social work or teaching; either one will require a college degree, so you decide to take some basic courses at first until you can refine your goals. If you’re joining the family business, well, your path is pretty obvious to everyone.

Or maybe you are like my friend. He developed an elaborate plan for his life, starting with four years of college and then proceeded to law school, spending each summer on the mission field. Then he’d marry and wait two years before having children. My friend has overhauled his plan three times since high school, and he’s now taking course at a university while he figures out what to do with his life.

Making plans for the future is tricky business, that’s for sure. You can’t predict the future, but you can’t ignore it either. And then there’s the not-so-small matter of God’s will (InshaAllah) to consider. So where do you start? That depends on whether you want to let your parents lead or you want to go your own way, hiding your fingers behind your back. If you let your parents lead, all you have to do is to follow. If you go your own way, you have to hope and hope that your parents will bless your plans and bail you out when things go wrong.

When you allow God to set your course, you lay your future before God and let God orders your steps. Your willingness to follow God’s delight so much will give you every opportunity to reach your goal. God will open doors for you that no one could open-and God will close those doors that you should not walk through. God will give you chances for your future that you can’t even imagine today.

Meanwhile, what answer can you give your questioner that makes sense in the current economic climate and the future job market and all that? Tell the truth: Your God is helping you plan your future-and no one knows the future like God does.