{"id":6125,"date":"2025-06-03T20:07:44","date_gmt":"2025-06-04T00:07:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/godtoolsapp.com\/?p=6125"},"modified":"2026-02-26T23:53:40","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T04:53:40","slug":"living-a-fulfilling-life-where-you-are","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/godtoolsapp.com\/pt\/2025\/living-a-fulfilling-life-where-you-are\/","title":{"rendered":"Living a fulfilling life where you are"},"content":{"rendered":"
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When trying something new feels risky<\/b><\/h2>

Have you ever wanted to try a new hobby, skill, sport or activity but were nervous that you\u2019d look dumb or silly because you wouldn\u2019t be good at it?<\/p>

As soon as you begin, you realize it\u2019s harder than you thought and you have this feeling that you\u2019ll never figure it out or that you might never be good at it. You feel stuck in this middle ground of wanting to learn but tempted to give up.<\/p>

It\u2019s easy to get caught up in wanting to quit because you aren\u2019t immediately successful. In the process of pursuing new hobbies there can be quite a learning curve, and yet it\u2019s still easy to tell yourself:<\/p>

  • \u201cI\u2019m not a dancer until I\u2019ve made it to Broadway.\u201d<\/span><\/li>
  • \u201cI\u2019m not a farmer until I\u2019ve made a living selling my harvest.\u201d<\/span><\/li>
  • \u201cI\u2019m not a photographer until I\u2019ve made X amount of money.\u201d<\/span><\/li><\/ul>

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    Growth often starts small<\/b><\/h2>

    When the COVID-19 pandemic began back in 2020, many people took up new hobbies, including doing puzzles, learning TikTok dances, making sourdough or developing home gardens. Thanks to YouTube, you can learn how to do just about anything. As most American millennials grew up being told: \u201cWith the right attitude and hard work, you can do or be anything you want to be\u201d (even though that\u2019s not entirely true).<\/p>

    Of course, it doesn\u2019t hurt to try new things and experiment. During Covid, everyone was experimenting, so it was a safe time to try something new. But maybe your first loaf of sourdough turned out quite dense or a bit flat. Maybe the tomato seedlings that grew from the seeds you planted seemed to die off pretty quickly in the summer sun.<\/p>


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    It\u2019s harder when you\u2019re the only one<\/b><\/h2>

    It can be much harder to try new things when you\u2019re the only one. Maybe you just became a Christian, and no one around you knows who Jesus is. Maybe everyone around you is a Christian, but no one else is sharing their faith. It can be really scary to talk about something no one else is talking about. It can be challenging to ask questions about something that seems controversial or taboo. Just like planting a garden, there is a process that has to take place for fruit to be harvested, or for you to see flowers bloom. And you might not get it right the first time.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

    Living a fulfilling life does not mean you are going to be perfect at something on the first try, or even the fifth try. Sometimes you try 12 things for an entire season and you don<\/span>\u2019t know until the harvest if any of it worked. Maybe you change four of those things next season and it takes five years of gardening to get it to work. That doesn\u2019t make you any less of a gardener; it just means you are better equipped to know what does and doesn\u2019t work.<\/span><\/p>


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    Faithfulness is not perfection<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>

    Living a fulfilling life does not mean you will not fail. It means you are being faithful to what God has called you to, wherever he has planted you.<\/b> You can be faithful in the waiting and also still move toward what you are working for. The fulfillment is in the journey. It\u2019s the faithfulness in the small steps each day. I would hope every season of life is rich and full long before you have \u201cretired\u201d near the end of life. Don\u2019t wait until you\u2019ve \u201carrived\u201d to see the opportunities God has given you to grow and bloom where you are.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>


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    God calls you to be faithful right where you are<\/b><\/h2>

    In the process of whatever you are doing and wherever you are going, God calls you to be faithful where you are. In Scripture, he\u00a0repeatedly commands Christians to be obedient.<\/p>

    • John 14:15 (English Standard Version) \u2014 <\/span>\u201cIf you love me, you will keep my commandments.\u201d<\/span><\/li>
    • Acts 5:29 (ESV) \u2014 \u201c<\/span>But Peter and the apostles answered, \u2018We must obey God rather than men.\u2019\u201d<\/span><\/li>
    • 1 John 5:3 (ESV) \u2014 \u201cFor this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments. And his commandments are not burdensome.\u201d<\/span><\/li><\/ul>

      Wherever you find yourself right now, be faithful to today. Be faithful at school, at home, in your neighborhood, in the waiting, in the pauses and in working toward the goal you are seeking.<\/span><\/p>


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      The fulfillment is in faithfulness<\/b><\/h2>

      Living a fulfilling life happens when you do the things God has asked of you. Often you wait for the big girl job, or you wait until you get the degree, until you make the team, or get the award \u2014 but you don\u2019t have to. You can be part of fulfilling the Great Commission wherever you are today by planting spiritual seeds. You can be faithful today by watering the garden or tilling the soil. It’s not always time to harvest.<\/span><\/p>

      Jesus lived the most fulfilling life, and he only lived 33 years. He didn\u2019t travel the whole world, he didn\u2019t have a degree, and he wasn\u2019t married or a parent. He was a single, broke, homeless, wandering carpenter who was faithful day by day to the things he was called to.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>


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      One faithful step at a time<\/b><\/h2>

      Before leaving Earth, Jesus gave the command to go and make disciples of all nations.<\/b>\u00a0Before leaving Earth, Jesus gave the command to go and make disciples of all nations. You can be part of that today by asking questions, listening well, learning from others, sharing parts of your story, asking others to share their story, seeking to share the gospel and taking one step of faith at a time.\u00a0<\/p>

      A fulfilling life is doing the work wherever God has called you to right now. That might not be where you want to be. It might be in a season of hardship, temptation or waiting, but that is the beauty of life \u2014 it\u2019s always going to change, and yet God never does. He asks you to trust him, to follow him and for you to make disciples while doing it.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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