A calling. What comes to your mind when you hear those words, dear reader? Possibly owning a business, being a pastor, or telling the world about the gospel on the mission field. We all have something that comes to mind when we think of our calling. This is a beautiful yet dangerous thing. Beautiful because it’s woven with purpose. Dangerous because if we aren’t careful, we can see it as only a future thing. 

For years I dreamed of the day I would step into my calling. I dreamed of the day that I would be so moved by passion that He alone had the power to move me from town to town, city to city, country to country. Where ever passion would take me, once grabbing His hand, I would go. I was so busy looking forward to stepping into my calling and into these things that I didn’t realize I could step into it now. I could step into it daily.

Yes, each and every single one of us have a destiny—a theme to our lives. Jesus’s destiny was to die for our sins on the cross, yet he didn’t wait until he got to the cross to start his ministry. He didn’t wait to open blind eyes or deaf ears, he didn’t wait to make unseen people feel seen, and he sure as heck didn’t wait to share his love with the world. It’s not that Jesus didn’t wait, I don’t think he could. He was so excited to share his love with the world, with you and me. He was filled with unction for his everyday life. If Jesus lived for daily destiny, so should I. 

As quarantine was coming to an end, I was praying and asking God what the purpose of missing so much time on the mission field was. This is what he had called me to do after all. Why did I have to wait even longer to step into what God had for me? But just as quickly as I had asked such a question full of doubt, God responded with an answer full of promise. He reminded me that, just like Jesus, I don’t have to wait to step into something to produce something. I don’t have to see the final product to believe in the process. I don’t have to be on a mission trip to be on mission. I don’t have to step into the fullness of what I think God’s called me to, to live in fullness.

Daily destiny is loving Jesus. Everything else he has called us to will fall in place after that. We are called to love him and love others daily. What is your daily destiny today, dear reader? In what ways will you allow him to interrupt you just to see and love people the way Jesus did?