Reflection from Daily Reading, Jan 25th

Today I read Genesis 49 and was reminded how NOT to seek the will of God. When I was in high school, I wasn’t sure what direction I wanted to go with my life other than NOT ministry. I went back to my room on a Sunday morning after hearing a convicting sermon about seeking God’s will. I prayed that God would show me what to do with my life, opened my Bible, plopped my finger down on Gen 49:16 – “Dan shall judge his people.” I went off to college a few months later determined to go to law school and become a judge (hence my Political Science degree). I’m very glad it didn’t fall open to the story of Daniel and the Lions Den – I may have gone off to join the circus and become a lion tamer. Not the way to do it!!! DW