Psalm 120-127

127:1 
Unless the Lord builds the house,
    the builders labor in vain.
Unless the Lord watches over the city,
    the guards stand watch in vain.

These were all pretty short and nothing was striking me so I kept reading this morning.  

This verse just spoke to me because it spoke to my tendency to try to do things on my own.  Provide for myself, solve problems on my own until I get in a real pinch then I'm quickly speaking to him asking for help.  But really I need him with me in all I do, building my house and guiding me in where he wants me to construct a wall or put in a door.  Telling me each of my next steps of life should be and if I don't go to him for instruction all of my effort will be wasted.  

I've been approached with an opportunity to leave Deere.  Its not mine to take but a CFO job I would be in the running for and so of course I've spent time thinking and analyzing but what i really need to do is spend time seeking his guidance.  How and where can I be the most effective for him, not how and where can I make the most money or have the most power.  So right now I ask God to show me how and where he wants to use me and then I need to be willing to obey his direction.  Pray for me that I can discern his direction for me.  This is a good problem to have, I have a great job for a great company already and this new opportunity would provide a new challenge, a new opportunity to lead with a fellow christian.  It provides more autonomy but probably more risk vs. staying with the big mother ship where I am already well seated as a known quantity in a senior role.  Money would probably be slightly less to similar so its not about financials.  i just want to do what he wants me to do.

knut