What If I Don't Like God's Calling

What if I don't like God's call on my life? Recently I was asked that question.  I was substitute teaching in my Sunday School class.  My dad is the teacher and he had been on vacation.  He was back but as we began the class, he asked if I wanted to teach it. This my itself was completely out of the ordinary.  You know how it is to take over something that a parent has always done and done well.  My dad is not usually one to give it over if he can still manage.  Also, I am the youngest in the class that is made up of 2 women including me and my mom and 6 men including my dad.  All the others are in my parent's age range.  The lesson*** was over Joseph and how God was always with him during his time in Egypt.  It referred to us going through our Egypt and how we have something that can't be taken from us, God's love.  The conversation turned to God's plan in our lives.  I believe that if we are in constant contact with God and focused on His plan, it will be accomplished.  I also believe that we will go through our own 'Egypt' at points but it doesn't mean that we are not following God's plan.   God doesn't promise easy.  But back to the question.  At the end of class, a man asked me, "What if you don't like God's plan?'  It didn't take much thinking.  At the time I didn't consider it to be questioning God's plan, but a couple of summers ago I can honestly say that I didn't like it.  I prayed all summer for a new job.  I didn't want to go back to teaching kindergarten in the fall.  I didn't want to be in charge of VBS and I went to Falls Creek for me, not to help the youth.  I had decided that I really didn't like kids and I wanted another job.  I actively looked for things that I was qualified to do and praying hard.  By the end of July, I was getting worried.  We went on vacation, 2 weeks before school started.  I was trying to come to terms with getting back in my classroom and getting ready for the next school year.  We were driving home from the mountains and I was watching out the window at road signs, wishing I never had to go back to real life, when God put an idea in my head.  Why not change the name of my class from the Kindergarten Cowpokes to the Happy Campers.  If I decorated my class like a campground, then I could visit every day.  I know this sounds silly but I started to get excited.  I texted my assistant/best friend and said, "I know we only have 2 weeks, but I want to redo the room.  Start looking on Pinterest."  LOL  She jumped at the idea.  I later found out that she had been having the same thoughts all summer too.  She just didn't want to leave me because she knew I was having a hard time.  This seems like such a simple thing.  but God showed me how to not only have peace but to have excitement for His calling.  I think the trick is to stay in your Bible and prayer.  Just talking to Him on a regular basis.  I told the Sunday School class this story to say that, 'No I don't always like God's plan for me'.  However, I know that if I am following His calling, He will provide me excitement and joy throughout the journey. 


***the lesson was based on Max Lucado's book You'll Get Through This