What am I doing with my life?

The question that I repeatedly ask myself ever since my final year of high school is "What am I doing with my life?." In two years of college I've been to two different schools and changed my major three times. I've been dead set on what to do and where to go and then all of the sudden I realize I can't spend the rest of my life doing doing these things. It took me until late this summer to realize that everything I had decided to do was what I wanted and I had put very little thought into what God wanted me to do.

Jeremiah 29:11 states "For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." When I read that verse originally I thought that God must have planned out why I was having trouble deciding where to go and what to do, but I was also thinking that he had forgotten to mention to me what to do. So without taking any thought I planned to go into ministry at Moody Bible Institute, but due to circumstances at home I ended up staying at a local community college studying for my Liberal Arts degree, and then soon after transferring to a University to be with friends and get the true "college experience". Never once did I consider what I was being called to do or give any thought to asking God about where He wants me to be.

This past summer however I was beyond privileged to be a counselor at Lake Ann Camp (If you haven't heard of it look it up and be amazed). I was continually surrounded by strong and passionate believers who were also looking to grow in their faith, and together we all had the opportunity to spread the Gospel to campers all around the country. While I was working this summer I had several occasions where people would ask me where I went to school and what I was going for and I began to realize that every time I answered it wasn't the answer I wanted it to be. So I did something I hadn't done before with my future, I gave it to God.

The very last week of camp I was working with Junior High and the guest speaker gave a message on Thursday night that could not have been more applicable to me, he preached on God's plan for your life. The words he spoke were driven directly to my heart and the part that I remember as clear as yesterday was that as long as you are willing, God will use you wherever you are. So for those of you that have no idea where your life is going know that you aren't the only one, and know that your Father in Heaven has so much more in store than you could possibly imagine.

Romans 8:28 "And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose."