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^17 Nevertheless, each one should retain the place in life that the Lord assigned to him and to which God has called him. This is the rule I lay down in all the churches. ^

^24 Brothers, each man, as responsible to God, should remain in the situation God called him to.

 

How many times have you and I prayed for God to changes our circumstances or our situations.  Far too often we want to think that our current life is not what God called us to do.  Whether it is our career, relationship status, financial status, or whatever current scenario we find ourselves in, we often are asking and pleading with God to change it, make it better, or undo what has been done.  Maybe, just maybe, God is going to use you as the “change agent”.  Maybe God is going to use you to help someone in the future who is going through and exact same thing you are.  Maybe God is trying to grow you.

 No matter what your current situation is maybe the better prayer is not “Please God change the circumstance”, but “Please God show me how You are going to use this”.  God doesn’t always save us and move us (sometimes He does, like being a missionary), often times He uses us right where we are.  He uses us in our workplace, in our neighborhoods, in our schools, in our communities, in our churches, and in our families.

 Remember we are responsible to God, not man, so allow Him to use you in your current situation (whatever it may be).