Nashville – The Calling

This morning I was able to catch a glimpse of the beautiful sunrise over Nashville. What a beautiful picture God has painted here! While sitting on a bench, I began to think about my time here in Nashville.  Four years ago, I decided to take a great deal of faith and move 1,000 miles from my small town community to Nashville, Tennessee.  At the time, I was unaware of the things that God would do in my life. Looking back He had a purpose and that was to reach out of my comfort zone and have a fresh new start with Jesus.  In Genesis 12, Abraham received a calling from the Lord telling him to leave his native country, relatives, and family to go to an unknown land. The Lord told him that he would be the father of a great nation and will be blessed and will bless others. When I think of Abraham’s call story, I also think about Noah and how he was called to build the ark before the great flood, Jacob who heard God’s will for him in a dream, and Joseph who learned in a dream that he’d rule over others. Through my whole Nashville experience, I have come to find that God has a purpose for each of us. To reveal your life purpose, God may call you out of a role or situation and call you into a new beginning. Both legs of the journey are equally important tests of obedience for you: to be willing to leave the old and begin the new.