Blah?

So i have been seeing alot of friends lately that are feeling very... Blah about their lives right now.
Random posts from some that are...not really looking for a purpose for their lives, just really unsatisfied with where their lives are. Feeling very stagnant and like they just need to do something different.

Others however have really been struggling with what the purpose of their life is.

I myself have been feeling very restless and in need of....Something!
At first I attributed  it to the  fact that I had been snowed in for two weeks and hadn't been able to get out and about. But then I realized that the reason for the feeling (I believe) was because of a change that had occurred in me over the past few months.
A kind of awakening led me to realize that I wasn't letting god lead me like I had in the past.
I had become so focused on finishing school as quickly as I could (which wasn't very quickly at all really) that I had lost sight of a calling that I felt from God long before I started college.

Along with school I had become focused on myself and how I wasn't living up to the standards that I wish I could. I felt lazy and unable to get any motivation for anything. I kept going and telling myself that I was doing good because i wasn't quitting. But I still felt that ever present sense of failure.I kept thinking of other friends who made better money, had nicer cars, were getting married, were moving on with their lives while I felt like I was stuck in a place I would be for a long time.

Thankfully God woke me up.

The problem with those thoughts is that their all self centered. "I need to get more motivation, I need to get done with school quickly, I need to take the opportunity to witness to people and work for God."
I, I, I,.....
All self focused. And while those things are all good things it was still self centered thinking.
It should be " I need Christ to give me motivation, If it's what Christ wants I will get through school quickly, I need to let Christ use me in the way he wants to use me...not how I think i could be used".

It all came down  to having faith in Christ and letting him lead me. And if things were getting in the way of letting him lead then those things needed to go (hence the break I am taking from school).

What I can say to my friends dealing with feelings that I was having is just this.
Christ has a purpose for every one of his children. The main thing he want's done on this earth is for us to all get really good jobs and make good money right? I don't think so.
The main thing that Christ wants us to do in this life is Love others and minister to those who need it.

I know many of my friends would gladly do anything that they felt God was calling them to.
I know most of my friends would gladly go to any foreign country and preach the Gospel...and that can be really hard to do.
But sometimes it's harder to have patience, Sometimes it's harder to try and see what God may be calling you to do where your at. I know this. If you cant do the little thing's that he calls you to right now. Or be a witness for him in the place that your at, he will not be able to send you out to do something big for him.

The main point is that your identity and who you are is in Christ. He has the plan for your life. But if you don't submit to him in every part of your life he will not be able to lead you to that plan. When your focused on yourself then you wont measure up to much. But when we focus on Christ then that is the ultimate standard to shoot for.

God bless.