"You can use a flute to stir soup, but that is not what it was made for. What we can do and what we were made for are not always the same." - Shane Hipps
I read this quote in the fall. It made something inside of me shake.
For months I had started becoming more and more discontent with what seemed like just about everything in my life, but I couldn't really point out specifics as to why I was feeling that way. Then I read this and everything inside of me started rattling. This was it. I was spending all of my time doing things that I was very capable of doing, but not what I was made for. It started me on a journey of readjusting that I am still in the middle of.
To be honest, not a whole lot has changed in the natural and I don't have a grand plan to execute doing things that I was made for. I'm still doing most of what I was doing six months ago. My outlook has completely changed though. I felt stuck and out of control then. I now look at things with excitement, anticipation and hope for what is coming.
I could have very easily made drastic changes in those moments out of my own abilities, but that's not what I was supposed to do. I knew I was supposed to wait and that's what I've done. I waited and did nothing on my own, trusting that God would work it all out for me (Romans 8:28). And guess what? He is doing it! He has removed obstacles, renewed strength, stretched my faith, released me from obligations and is birthing dreams inside of me. I know it's where I am supposed to be.
You may not see me playing my flute center stage for some time, but I am no longer stirring soup. I am beginning to hear the melody of what is it come and I like what I am hearing.
