Sudden Joy

I was flipping through the pages of a book this morning on Amazon.com, and realized again with great joy what exactly God has called me to do with my life.  It is that thing that makes your heart grow warm, that makes your soul pulse with life, and elicits a deep and profound "yes!" with every fiber of your being!  It is that incredible sense of knowing that "this is the best!" and that "this is what I could do for the rest of my life...even if I never got paid to do it!!!" 

Sometimes we are reminded of these truths simply from a book, or a comment made by a close friend.  Often it comes unexpectedly... but when you sense it, you "just know that you KNOW..."

Christian leadership. Spiritual formation. Knowing God. Serving God. Following Jesus.  Helping others to follow Jesus and to know Jesus. Learning how to do it well.  Allowing yourself to be transformed into what God has designed.  Can it get any better than this?  Being God's servant.  Serving His people.  Loving His people.  I am going to get this book, but it will not amount to the joy felt in this moment, and the re-affirmation of what I am created to do.  Praise be to God, and to his Spirit, and to his beautiful Son, Jesus!!!