SMACK BANG IN THE MIDDLE OF GOD’S WILL
4KQ NEWS READER/CHANNEL 7 REPORTER
“I feel like I’m smack-bang in the middle of God’s will for my life”.
I’m a journalist, and I journal … and this was an entry in one of my prayer journals from nearly three years ago. I know I would not have written that a decade ago. In fact, probably not even five years ago …. despite being a committed catholic, and doing my best to seek God’s will for my life.
But in 2017, something changed. I started a daily practice that literally (and almost immediately) transformed every area of my life: Lectio Divina. Reading and meditating on the Word of God.
I am convinced – through lived experience - that we cannot know God’s will for our lives, unless we are spending quality time with the Lord, in His Word, every single day. It’s like oxygen for my soul and spirit. I’m like a bulldog, guarding that precious 1 to 2 hours each day. Because I know that I won’t have the God-vision, wisdom, focus and power I need to fulfill my life purpose - my vocation - if I don’t make God and His Will, my first priority in life.
Jesus tells us, “Seek first the Kingdom of heaven, and ALL THESE THINGS will be added to you as well” - Matthew 6.33.
I believe ALL THESE THINGS means the satisfaction of our heart’s greatest dreams and desires. Including an abiding sense of “the six P’s”: peace, protection, provision, prosperity, power, purpose.
I believe that our heart’s greatest dreams and desires = our vocation. Not everyone sees their career as their vocation, but I certainly do. I know to the core of my being that God put me on this earth to be a journalist/broadcaster. I got ‘the call’ at the tender age of seven (I used to make my five siblings play ‘news bulletins’ with me!).
Not only was there a STRONG desire, but my natural gifts and talents were perfectly suited to broadcast journalism: I loved (like, really loved) public speaking, I was naturally curious and empathetic, and I loved asking people questions about their lives, giving them an opportunity to tell their story.
While I’ve enjoyed a great 10 year career in journalism, it has only been in the past 3 years, as I’ve “sought first the Kingdom” in a more diligent way, becoming more receptive to the voice of the Holy Spirit, that I have seen ALL THESE THINGS come to pass in my career/ vocation/life.
Amazing ‘only God’ favour, opportunities, promotion and platform. Doors opening I could NEVER open on my own. With a deep sense of peace, joy and fulfilment, knowing there is nothing else I should be doing right now. Nothing else I WANT to be doing. And without ‘striving’! I’ve found there is a ‘supernatural ease’ that comes on us, as we align ourselves with God’s Will.
Knowing and feeling that I am smack bang in the middle of God’s Will for my life … let me tell you, there ain’t a sweeter feeling in the world!