Many of us have had specific verses of Scripture that have ministered to us in special ways at different times.  Some of us have even had life verses that God has used to guide and give direction to our lives.  When I was a boy, I was given a New Testament by my home church with a verse from 2 Timothy 2:15 inscribed inside the front cover, “[Study] to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth.”  Although this was never consciously my life verse, in hindsight, it did seem prophetic as it has summed up much of God’s call on my life. 

Now that I am entering a new season of life, another passage has become more meaningful as a summary of what I believe is God’s present calling on my life.  It is Colossians 1:28-29, “Him we proclaim, warning everyone and teaching everyone with all wisdom, that we may present everyone mature in Christ.  For this I toil, struggling with all his energy that he powerfully works within me.”  Pray for me that I would be faithful to this calling in whatever opportunities He provides.