Accepting the Assignment

"Let us also lay aside every encumbrance and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set befor us, fixing our eyes on Jesus." -Hebrews 12:1-2

Deployment is difficult. It is hard to have your spouse halfway across the world for a year, especially when those twelve months take place during the majority of your first year of marriage. It's a struggle not only for the family left back at home, but also for the soldier who had to leave them. But it is during this difficult time that we need to accept our circumstances from God, and trust that He unerringly knows what is best for us. We need to ask God 'how can I use my difficult circumstance to serve You and to glorify You?'

We must accept our assigned roles from God. And through that acceptance we need to dwell on the positive aspects of that role in our lives. If instead we are to dwell on the negative aspects, we will never be content and accepting, and we will always be wanting something different from what we have been given.

If we truly believe that God is sovereign and that He is sovereign over all things, we can believe with full confidence that the assignment He has given us is one that has been entrusted to us by God. And with that, there are two options of action on our part that could be taken. We could squander the opportunities that will come with this assignment, OR, we can choose to make the most out of them for the glory of God.