What’s next?
Posted by Jeremy Langley | Posted in Current Events | Posted on 26-07-2010
Since my “big announcement” yesterday, the No. 1 question I’ve been asked is “What’s next?”. To be completely honest, 99 percent of what is to come remains unknown to me. I’m okay with that. Two weeks ago it would have driven me completely insane because I have always been the type of person who maps out his life’s goals and wants to know exactly when and where this “road map” will take me. Part of my surrender was to agree to let God be 100 percent in control of where I go from here and what I do.
There are some things that I know. For instance, I know that this coming Sunday night, August 1, at 6 p.m. I will deliver my “first sermon” at the First Baptist Church of Magnolia. I am very excited, but if I told you that I’m not nervous, you could brand me as the biggest liar in the world! I am extremely nervous about it, but I keep telling myself that it will all be okay. God is in control.
Another thing I know is that I plan to pursue a seminary degree. After talking with my pastor and our youth pastor, this seems to be the best option for someone setting out on this journey. I feel like God is leading me to the Baptist Missionary Association Theological Seminary in Jacksonville, Texas. I plan to start the application process immediately (why wait?), and I hope to begin classes in January. Which degree I’ll pursue is still up in the air.
All of this doesn’t mean that I’ll be making a speedy departure from Magnolia or my current job at Southern Arkansas University. The BMATS has programs for correspondence work and intensive seminar classes where you go to the Jacksonville campus for one week per course and complete the coursework at home. This looks like my best option. I still have to eat and pay the bills while I’m working on what will be my third degree, right?
Departure from my current career will come some day. I don’t know when, but I do know that God has called me to full-time ministry of some fashion.
I hope you enjoy this ride as much as I will. Speaking of rides, I guess I’d better get to moving. I have a previously planned appointment near the central part of our great state today. I’m ready to go back to work tomorrow. More than one week off on “vacation” has been nice, but I need to get back to a routine!
Until next time . . .
