A slave to everyone

Paul writes this in 1 Corinthians 9:19: Though I am free and belong to no one, I have made myself a salve to everyone, to win as many as possible. 

Paul asserts that he has the freedom to do anything, much like you and I. He emphasizes living a life full of strict discipline. The Christian life involves both freedom and discipline. The goals of Paul's life were to glorify God and bring people to Christ. For Paul - both freedom and discipline were important tools to be used in God's service.

With the mess of me trying to get my insurance exam scheduled/passed I have felt a lot of stress lately. I cannot get paid without a license so I have been working for about three weeks so that when I am able to start getting paid, I will be in a great situation. Everything I have been doing has been positioning me for success.

Today I struggled - I let it get to me that I am spending all of this time at work without getting paid. But that wasn't the main issue...I am more stressed about the exam...there were a couple of times this morning where I was just sitting and looking at my computer screen. I was slowly starting to become more concerned about myself then I was at the big picture at hand and that is impacting the lives of people who I will do business and build relationships with.

I forgot why I do what I do. When I was deciding what career path I was going to take, God made it very clear to me that whatever I was going to do was something where I could impact the lives of the people around me.

There were two things that happened to me today that God used to help me remember what my purpose is.

1 - I was grabbing coffee with one of my really good friends and while we were talking about my job, she asked me if it was really something that I see myself doing. We both know that I have the relationships part down, but what about everything else?

I told her absolutely. People need to have financial security. Everybody has things that they want to do and goals they want to accomplish. In this life, money isn't everything, but you need it to live. If I am able to help families accomplish their goals and build lots of relationships by helping them finically,  I can't imagine doing anything more fulfilling.

Allie said this to me as soon as I said that - "there is your pitch...use that."

2. - Reading about Paul tonight in 1 Corinthians. Paul became like everyone else so that he would win as many as possible. Everything that Paul did was for the advancement of the gospel. Paul was called to try and save as many as possible.

Why do I want to impact lives in all that I do. That is what God wants from us. I love people because God loves us so much that he gave his one and only Son.  I will do anything for the kingdom and that is my job.

You can do that in whatever profession you have. That is my challenge to you - remember why you are here. When you do everything for the kingdom of God you are being obedient. With that - enjoy what you do. God gave us the things that we do for a reason and when we enjoy whatever it is that we do, that is pleasing to God.