About Christopher

Christopher JohnstonI’m a 39 year old husband of one, father of two, and full-time student. I’m currently attending Full Sail University and should graduate on December 16th and plan to start Liberty University in the Spring of 2012. I’m trying to decide between a Master of Divinity degree and a Master of Arts in Discipleship Ministries. I’m leaning toward the Master of Divinity because upon finishing I can go into a Doctor of Ministry program.

For those of you who know me you are probably wondering where did that come from. I’m as surprised as you because I would have never imagined myself pursuing a PhD of any kind, let alone one in religion. The Lord truly does work in mysterious ways.

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The best laid plans that were meant to fail

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Many times in life we pursue things for weeks, months, or years and have no success at them. We may be left wondering why we pursued those things. I believe that God may have lead us to those activities or pursuits for several reasons. We may have acquired a skill like sales, public speaking, or conflict resolution that we can use in some other pursuit later on.

We may have been lead there so that we could cross paths with other people outside of out normal circle of friends or acquaintances. For instance, I worked with the Primerica organization for several years and never had a tremendous amount of success but if it would not have been a part of that organization I would never have been invited to Church of the King. I would never have joined a men’s small group from that church and made connections in that group that forever changed my life.

Sometimes the best laid plans were never meant to succeed. Proverbs 16:9 (NLT) helps to explain why

We can make our plans but the Lord determines our steps

Take some time today and think back on supposed failures in your life and see what skills you learned or connections you made and how you may have benefited from those.

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