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"People who want milk should not seat themselves on a stool in the middle of a field in hopes that the cow will back up to them."

by Ken Treybig

Where will you be a year from now? What about two years? What will you be doing? Will you be in high school? Will you be at a college or university by then?

What about in 10 years? What do you want to be doing? How much thought have you given to planning your career?

If you will be working by then, what kind of job do you envision? Do you see yourself working for minimum wage in the fast-food industry? Or do you want to do something more meaningful, challenging and fulfilling?

It's natural to assume that the best will happen to us. We like to think that, when it comes our time to get a job, whatever we find ourselves doing will be interesting and productive and give us a satisfying sense of accomplishment. We like to believe we'll have an appreciative boss or that perhaps we'll be our own boss and that our work environment will be one of our own making.

Who's in charge?

But things don't normally turn out that way. Most people drift from year to year. Some have goals and work toward them. But, more often than not, people tend to float along, allowing the currents of life to push them in one direction and then the other. Like a leaf bobbing along in a swiftly moving stream, they allow themselves to be at the mercy of outside forces.

It's true that life throws us curves. External forces converge on us, pushing us one direction or the other. At times life demands that we make choices about our future, and sometimes it seems as if we are limited in our options. But we do have choices.

A leaf carried along on a stream has no choice. It will go where the currents carry it. But God gave us minds and the ability to make choices. In fact, He tells us we must make choices (Deuteronomy 30:19).

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