Is it easy to miss God's calling?

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Is it easy to miss the calling that God has on your life? In my early days of being a Christian, I thought my calling hinged on one decision, and if I made the wrong choice, I'd miss God's calling on my life. For example, 10 years ago, I felt God asking me to move our family 9 hours away to a new state in a city where we had no family. Now, this wasn't completely random. We were listening to sermons there from a church online and really growing in our faith, and we felt like God was asking us to move there. But, we just found out my wife was pregnant, and the job I was a part of was offering me a promotion. Now, I was pretty sure that it was God calling me to move because anytime I prayed, it was the first thing that came to mind. I received multiple random confirmations from people, and if anyone asked me, "What's the last thing God asked you to do?" That was it. But, it didn't make sense to me, and I was more afraid of how I was going to take care of my pregnant wife and my family. So, I ended up taking the promotion, choosing to stay where I was at. Did I miss out on God's calling in my life? Is it that easy? Well, when we look at the story of Moses, you remember when God talks to him through a burning bush, says the Israelites have been suffering and God wants to set them free and send Moses to do it. Moses questions it immediately saying, "Who am I to do that?" And God assures him, "Don't worry, I'll be with you." Even giving them the play-by-play of what will happen. But, still Moses questions it saying, "Yeah, but what if they don't listen to me?" Then God gives him multiple signs to confirm for him and for others that this is what God is calling him to do. Yet, Moses is still resistant and says, "I'm not prepared to do this. Specifically, I've never been eloquent neither in the past nor since you spoke to your servant. I'm slow of speech and tongue. You want me to go talk to all these people? I can't even speak." Have you noticed how many subtle no's Moses has given God already? For me, that was the equivalent of, "God, I have a pregnant wife. I don't have a job down there. This doesn't make sense." And then after God tries to assure Moses, reminding Moses of God's power, says to Moses, "Now go. I will help you speak and will teach you what to say." No more subtle no's from Moses. He straight-up says, "Lord, please send someone else." Now, here's what's interesting. God knows everything, right? So, he knew Moses would make all these decisions, have all these hesitations, yet still chose him anyway. Still chose you anyway. And after multiple no's, it says God was angry. The Lord's anger burned against Moses. But then he said, "What about your brother Aaron the Levite? I know he can speak well. He's already on his way to meet you. He'll be glad to see you." God tells him what's going to happen instead. "You shall speak to him and put words in his mouth. I will help both of you speak and will teach you what to do. He will speak to the people for you and it will be as if he were your mouth." And you know what? Moses goes. God uses them to set the people free. Doesn't seem like God made it easy for him to miss it? No. It took us a year and a half. But after lots of no's and questions, we did move to that city 9 hours away. And God has grown us more than ever. If you are watching this video, it is not too late to move on the thing that God is asking you to do. And if you want to know, "How do I know if that's actually God?" I have a video link below with a star emoji that's titled "Subscribe if this is helpful." Tap that to dig deeper. But I'm praying for you today that you'll take a single step in the direction of the thing that God is calling you to do. Let us know what that is in the comments. See you tomorrow, friends. God bless.