The Right Assignment

It doesn’t matter how well we do an assignment if we do the wrong assignment we still get an F In school it didn’t matter if we wrote the most wonderful paper we had ever written, if the topic of our completed product wasn’t the right assignment we would get an F on the paper. Walking with God and living for Him is no different. We may think we know what the right assignment was and no matter how well we completed the task if it was the wrong assignment in the first place we would get an F. It would help if God would tell us outright what our assignment is but He doesn’t operate that way. We have to pray, read His word, wait patiently, try to listen, trust Him and eventually we will begin to understand what He wants us to do. Jumping into something and calling it God’s will doesn’t mean it is the right assignment. Once I was told by someone, who was dating a married man, that she was happy and God wants her to be happy therefore what she was doing was right. WRONG assignment. God would never allow us to do something against His will in order to “make us happy.” What matters to God is that we have the joy of the Lord in our hearts, being happy is a side-dish that is not necessary nor required. That is the right assignment. As our parents expect us to do as we are told, the assignment or chore they gave us to do God is the same way. We may get it wrong a time or two but we need to keep on going, keep on working at doing the right assignment well. It should never be good enough for us to get a score that merely “gets us by.” Recently I was disappointed to hear the law that was passed about “no child should be left behind” is being turned into a “wrong” assignment. The purpose of the law was to make sure all kids are able to get through school as they should and learn from the process. Unfortunately what is being done is; kids are being passed on through the grades with very little learning just because of the rule “no child should be left behind.” Wrong assignment! Whatever you do don’t allow yourself to be just passed on through just to get you out. Learn from what you are doing, grow and mature from your assignments in life. Cheating on your homework does you no good, just passing to be passing does you no good. Don’t turn a right assignment into a wrong one simply because it makes it easier on you. Even a wrong assignment done well will still get you an F and that is not a goal you should set for yourself. Rise above that in your choices, attitude, and outlook in life. A “C” on a right assignment beats an “A” on a wrong assignment that will eventually turn into an “F.” The person who fails is the one who doesn’t try and try hard at doing the “right” assignment. © 2013 Karen J. Gillett at Pencil Marks and Recipes Publishing for KarensKidsKorner