A Transitional Courier (1 Corinthians 13:12)

My company relies upon many couriers to deliver my cases to me. Seeing them at least once a day affords me the opportunity to get to know their life stories and dreams. Some work two jobs and many are full or part-time students at the local colleges or universities. One courier is studying to become an aerospace engineer This is admirable and I respect and compliment them on their drive and willingness to sacrifice for their futures. These couriers view their job as a transition and stepping stone to advance their careers.

I have been a physician for over 20 years. I am thankful for my career and have been blessed to serve God in this occupation. But like the couriers, my current position may be a transition or stepping stone to another career. What form this potential new career may take is uncertain. Perhaps I will be an administrator for a medical school or be the director of a residency training program. Perhaps I will enter the missions field in this country or another. Nothing is certain. But as a Christian believer, there is a one certainty about my career. It is part of how God wants me to serve Him in His Kingdom. My life on this earth is a stepping stone to a life in eternity and continual fellowship with my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. And with that perspective, I do not cling to my career for I know it is only a transition to the greater purpose of serving God.

For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I have been fully known.

1 Corinthians 13:12 (ESV)

What the future holds, only God knows. In this life, I am privileged to dimly see God’s plan for my life. I live with the expectation of seeing the complete plan that God has for me. And someday, when I appear before my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, I will know the complete Truth and understand how my career on this earth was used by God in His Kingdom.

Amen!

Love and trust the Lord; seek His will in your life.