People often ask me, "So are you going to move back to California to teach when you graduate..or stay in Michigan?" My response is usually, "I don't know...maybe neither." Which is true! I really DO NOT KNOW what God has for me down the road. And even though I can make plans and feel led a certain way, I don't even really know where I will be next year, or even next month! For all I know, God could bring something into my life to change everything because He has done that many times, even very recently.
Living in California, moving for school to Michigan, spending a month in Thailand, etc. makes it difficult to know exactly where (as in location) I belong. Right now I belong in Michigan, (except for the summer), but what is after that? I cannot tell you. The future is wide open, which is exciting, but also scary. I don't know where I'm headed, but I know the One leading me. I am tired of trying to figure out where I am "supposed" to be and what I'm "supposed" to do. I already know that where I belong is in the presence of God. From there He is very good at making it clear where I am to go and what I am to do when He decides I need to know.
So I think the song "Where I belong" by Cory Asbury pretty much says it all:
"Your presence is all I’m longing for here in the secret place
Your nearness is all I’m waiting for here in the quiet place, here in the secret place
My soul waits for you alone
Like the watchmen wait for dawn.
Here I’ve finally found the place
Where we’ll meet, Lord, face to face.
I’ve finally found where I belong, I’ve finally found where I belong, In Your presence
I’ve finally found where I belong, to be with You, to be with You
I am my Beloved’s and He is mine, so come into Your garden and take delight in me
Take delight in me
Delight in me, Delight in me
Delight in me, Delight in me
Here in Your presence, God, I find my rest
Here in Your presence, God."
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beautiful.
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