Know God's Purpose TODAY (PART 2)

Each person should remain in the situation they were in when God called them.

Brothers and sisters, each person, as responsible to God, should remain in the situation they were in when God called them.  The Apostle Paul to the church in Corinth

Notice I underlined “when God called them.”  Focus on the word WHEN--
A Time Word!

Now in context, Paul spoke to the Corinthians concerning their state WHEN they became followers of Christ.  If they were married, even to an unbeliever, they should remain married to the unbeliever.  (But if the unbeliever left, they were free.)  If they were slaves when they became Christians, they should remain slaves, knowing that Christian slaves are freed in Christ, and that free Christians are slaves of the Lord.  (Yet if an opportunity for freedom came, they should take that opportunity.)

The point is this:  If God clearly called you to the job you are working, or the place you are living, then you should remain their until the TIME for that call has clearly come to an end, or until a clear opportunity for that time to end is presented to you.  Or, if you became a believer at the present job or location, remain until the TIME comes to leave, until the TIME has clearly come to an end.  Key word:  Clearly.

But what if you were doing a job that is by definition against God’s will? 

Committing crimes in your line of work, so to speak? 

Of course, you should stop. 

Or if you know with absolute certainty you were going against God’s will when you moved to your location or took your present job, and if it is clearly going against God’s will to remain where you are?  The same applies. 

God will direct your leaving, but leave you must, and now!

Beyond these obvious situations of sin and rebellion, “time will tell!” 

Use time to tell God’s will.

Remember that there is a time, a beginning and end, for every purpose under heaven.

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