“Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called” (I. Cor.
vii. 20).
O ye who complain about your calling or fret about the changes and trials
of life, how do you know but that these very changes are the divine
methods by which God’s purposes of blessing and usefulness concerning you
be fulfilled? Had Aquila not been compelled to leave Rome and break up his
home and business, he would probably have never met with Paul, and been
called to the knowledge and service of Christ through this providential
meeting. Had he not been a working man, and pursuing his ordinary
avocation he would not have been brought into contact with the apostle. It
was in the line of their calling, their common duties, and the
providential changes of their life that God called them. And so He meets
us. Do not try hard to run away from it, but, as the apostle has so finely
put it, “Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he is called, let
him therein abide with God.” Make the most of your incidental
opportunities.