Which Direction to Take

[RabidYeti]

Ok, I suppose I should really start from the beginning heh.

I currently attend a University in England (Kingston University) and am having a crises of direction.

I came back from a conference last Friday (on God's Sovereignty, which is Ironic considering the problem I'm having heh) and on the Sunday after I was downstairs watching TV by myself at about Midnightish. All of a sudden, I got an overwhelming sense to pray over whether I should stay at my University or leave and do something all together different. Now, I'm not the kinda guy who listens to these feelings, as I often consider them from myself (I'd often like them to be from God, but I know my fleshful desires cloud my mind quite a lot).

After going upstairs to watch a DVD (yeah, I like staying up incredibly late heh) I got the feeling again. It was totally unprovoked so I thought about it some more and decided to pray about this thought.

As I started to pray, I got the sense of me leaving my University and actually.... going to bible college...

Now if you knew me, you'd know that I'm one of the least likely people to go to Bible college. I mean, I'm a good people person, but I find it hard to talk to large amounts of people, so I probably couldn't preach very well. It was all very weird.

I decided to give it a few more days to see if I still felt the same way, and everyday the feeling just kept coming back.

Last night, I told my dad about this. He was very supporting, but he agreed with me that we need to take this slowely (though the prayer was very urgent) and am thus going to wait to Sunday till I can talk to the Minister of my church. It's all very hard to think God would want me to do this, but whenever I consider that, Jeremiah 1 keeps popping into my head:

"Ahh... But I am only a youth"

And God's reply is awesomely humbling. Maybe this is where I'm supposed to go, maybe it isn't. Maybe I was only supposed to be at Kingston for 1 1/2 years instead of the full 3. I just pray that I'll know by Sunday of whther this is from me or from my Saviour.

I could really do with you're prayers. It would be incredibly humbling to know that some people were helping me through this

Thankyou

Richard.

 

[silentpoet]

I pray you will be able to follow your calling.


Not all ministers are speakers, some are just people who take care of others. There are many, many ways to serve God.

 

[tapero]

Dear Lord,

I pray for Richard that he would gain confidence in whether you want him to go to Bible College or not. Thankyou for speaking to him. It is such a blessing to hear you calling others. We love you Lord, In Jesus Name I pray. Amen

 

[Cat59]

Praying for you, may the Lord bless you with wisdom and direction in this decision.

 

[JPPT1974]

Praying that the Lord will help you in your calling whatever will He lead you to!!

 

[Kehaar]

Praying for discernment and direction

 

[JesseBassett]

I am praying.

 

[LITB]

When I read your post and got to the part about bible college, I felt quite emotional. Do pray this through with your minister and other trustworthy Christians and make sure it's from God, but I have a good feeling about it. God bless you.

 

[JPPT1974]

Praying that the Lord will give you direction as well as the right and chosen path for you.

 

[devoted daughter]

May the Lord guide you on your path, and give you wisdom and discernment. INJC