I have the best team! I sincerely appreciate what every one of my coworkers brings to the table. Our most recent hire came to us with no previous pharmacy experience, BUT he had energy and a desire to learn. So we brought him on!
Every day, he shows up, on time and ready to work.
He’s flexible. He’s energetic. He’s efficient. He’s bilingual. (You should see the way customers’ faces light up when they hear the words, “Habla Español?”) He is also very young. (I’ve been working as a pharmacist longer than he’s been alive).
After one of the most head spinning, overwhelming and busiest work days EVER, I had to ask.
“What’s your secret? How did you stay so calm?”
His response made me laugh and got me thinking.
“Yesterday was nothing compared to when I used to work at Burger King at UNT (University of North Texas). The lunch hour there was crazy!”
Burger King? ??
Who would’ve thought? THAT would prepare him for THIS.
God uses everything we go through to teach us and to equip us. Every humbling and exhausting experience either prepares us for the next humbling and exhausting experience OR it prepares us for a mountain top experience where we appreciate God’s sovereignty in a whole new way.
✨ How was Moses prepared to lead over a million Israelites out of Egypt?
After defending an Israelite slave and fleeing for his life, Moses hung out in the desert, and worked under his father in law Jethro, tending sheep.
Clueless sheep prepared him for clueless people.
✨ Joseph was put in charge of a prison before he was put in charge of a nation.
✨ Nehemiah’s role as a cupbearer to the king granted him the favor and the resources needed to pursue his passion of rebuilding Jerusalem’s wall.
✨ Zerubbabel was a leader after the Babylonian exile. He was involved in spearheading the reconstruction of Jerusalem’s temple. There was an overwhelming amount of work to be done, and it was easy to be discouraged.
God spoke through the prophet Zachariah, “Do not despise these small beginnings, for the Lord rejoices to see the work begin, to see the plumb line in Zerubbabel’s hand.” Zechariah 4:10
Friends, the work God wants to do in us has to start somewhere!
We’ve all had days and seasons of life where we have wondered- How could THIS be preparing me for anything?
It always does.
God uses ALL things- clueless sheep, prison walls and hungry college students to EQUIP us, to PREPARE us and to LAUNCH us.
Even if it looks small right now, let’s submit our passions and desires to God! We will be amazed at the mighty work God can do in and through us!
“Do not despise these small beginnings, for the LORD rejoices to see the work begin…” (Zechariah 4:10a)
~Binu
