My Dream Job 

👤 Geoff

Maybe it's just me, but when things get a bit tough at work I start to imagine all the other jobs I could be doing, my dream jobs. Yes I know it's just fantasy and the grass is always greener, but it can be quite fun. Quite apart from the dream of earning a living as a musician, which would need a lot of hard graft and good fortune and not be nearly so much of a holiday as I imagine, there are some ideas I often fall back on.

There's my boyhood ambitions of playing for Chelsea (never was going to happen) or becoming a pilot (I did once 'fly' a two-seater Chipmunk as a CCF RAF cadet for half an hour).

Then there's the stuff that's in my blood. Being a lighthouse keeper. I am descended on my paternal grandmother's side from the Knotts, one of the country's great lighthouse-keeping families. However, since everything is now automated I'm not sure there's a great future in that.

What about being a postie? My father and his father before him worked for the GPO, and I've got experience of casual work delivering letters as a student.

And I really enjoy delving into the past, tracing my family history. I quite fancy the detective work of the 'Heir Hunters', tracking down people entitled to a share in a forgotten leagcy on the Bona Vacantia list.

Or I'm fairly sure I could be happy working in a library. At least for a few weeks. All those books!

Now I'm not sure what all this is saying about me, but the moments of frustration with my lot that ocassion such thoughts usually pass and I'm OK again. And when that happens, I'm glad that I am where I am and doing what I'm doing because it's what God has called me to. That's what really keeps me going, when the going is rough.

In 1  Corinthians 1:1-2, Paul makes his introductions in the letter by reminding the Corinthian Christians that both he and they were a called people:

Paul, called to be an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and our brother Sosthenes, to the church of God in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus and called to be holy, together with all those everywhere who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ— their Lord and ours.

I sometimes find it helpful to insert my name and circumstances into the sentence:

"Geoff, called to be a Minister of Christ Jesus by the will of God . . ."

or

". . . to the church of God in Faversham, to those . . . called to be holy . . ."

Knowing we are called by God to do what we are doing in our community, as an office worker, businesswoman or man, cleaner, teacher, homemaker, lawyer, volunteer or student makes all the difference to our attitude to our work and circumstances. Knowing we are the called-together church, the people of God set apart for his purposes in a particular place transforms our understanding of who we are in Christ.

My dream job is to be doing what God has called me to do as the person God has called me to be. So the next time it all gets a bit too much, try inserting your name in the first sentence of 1 Corinthians and reminding yourself that you are God's person for the job, called to make a difference wherever he has put you.

What is your favourite fantasy job? Do you ever daydream about doing something wildly different? And what is your experience of God's call on your life? Are there particular things that have confirmed you in your job / role in life? Why not comment below!