Show me your ways, Lord, teach me your paths. Guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Savior, and my hope is in you all day long. Psalm 25:4-5
“Be an observer of providence, for God is showing you ever by the way in which He leads you, whither He means to lead. Study your trials, your talents, the world’s wants, and stand ready to serve God now, in whatever He brings to your hand.”
Horace Bushnell (1802-1876) in a sermon entitled, “Every Man’s Life a Plan of God,” in Sermons for the New Life (New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1876) 22.
I’m back in Denver and working from home for two weeks on various projects, including a new executive coaching relationship. This post will be among my words of advice I give as we get rolling. I share it as a post today for two reasons.
First, we must observe that our generous God brings us through trials and fits us with talents for our good. The trials are character building and help us hone our skills. Second, though we may fill leadership roles, God is always our leader; we are merely His servants.
All this relates to generosity in that when we follow this path and pattern, we become a gift from God to the world that stands ready to show how God’s rich providence addresses world’s wants.