"He said, 'Throw your net on the right side of the boat and you will find some.' When they did, they were unable to haul the net in because of the large number of fish." John 21:6
Purpose has a certain way of creating the utmost anxiety in a person that might be questioning what direction they are supposed to take.
It is a constant wonder of where exactly we are going to place our seemingly unique situation and flourish like we expect to. Frankly, it is overwhelming and it is a harsh reality not just for those in high school and college, but even for adults as they become unsatisfied with their lifestyle or career.
It is often easier to be "tunnel visioned" to our set plan and stay on the path that we deem most prosperous for ourselves, then to focus on what God has in store. When I find myself being selfish in the decisions I am making that will determine my future, it rarely unfolds the way I expected it. Sometimes my life is enveloped in storms until I realize that I am unwilling and not open to the guidance that the Lord has provided for me.
God has such vast purpose for our lives, that is something that we can hardly even fathom in our small-minded antics. He has designed each and every one of us particular in a way that we are going to grow His kingdom beyond compare, and the only instruction we have to take is to listen. Listen to what exactly we need to remove to be able to sow our roots in something other than toxicity. Listen to what we need to permit that is going to produce an abundance of goodness in the situations we find may be difficult. Listen to what roadway we are to travel upon that is going to guarantee our seat, and the seats of many others, at the right hand of God.
The obstacles that hinder us from his direction stand before us whenever Satan makes it his desire to lead us astray. When in term, they will destroy even the very intentions that we sought as more important than God's. He will try to convince us that what this world has to offer is largely better than what God has to ultimately has to offer which begins with salvation
So just as a reminder: God has delivered us from the very thing that has doomed all of eternity... sin. If he took our place in what would eventually destroy us all, he has nothing but the best in mind when it comes to what journey we are supposed to embark on. Take heart in the Lord and where he tells you to cast your nets because the number of fish he knows we have the ability to catch far more than we could ever envision.
