Assigned

"Each one must live as the Lord assigned to each," 1 Corinthians 7:17.

O brethren, let us unpack this strange saying forthwith. It says: our Master assigned every believer to a way of life. God has called each one to a certain role in the world. Now, many of us pray for God to reveal his will for us: What career? What town to live in? Which person to marry? And so on. (but we've got to wrestle with him in asking, because.) Because. Well, here's God answering: Are you married? Stay married. Are you single? Stay single. Are you a slave? Stay a slave. Are you circumcised? Stay circumcised. Are you uncircumcised? Stay uncircumcised. Just stay in the condition we were in when God called us. Just stay there. He owns us. Stay there with God.

We meet a brother or sister today blessed by God's call on our lives. And together we give thanks that he stays with us through this world into the next.