Join us as my guest, Clarice Cabanlit shares her story of discovering her true identity with us. Growing up, Clarice would have considered herself average. Others described her as shy her whole life. After high school, Clarice ended up going to a University that she wasn't really excited about, but she went because it was a "good" school. She entered college not really knowing what God wanted her to do with her life. So she majored in Business. Halfway through University, she started to feel God calling her to major in Education. But since she had already spent so much time going for Business… she just continued on. After graduation, Clarice got a really good job with a hotel chain. It was a "good" job, but she just kept feeling God pull her to be in Education. So she quit. Then she ended up job-hopping as she was trying to discover God's purpose for her life. When an education job opened in Indonesia & she jumped on the opportunity! Her plan was to try it out for a year & that ended up staying 6 years. After the 6 years, Clarice then felt God leading her to move back to her home in the Philippines. It was at that point where she really started to doubt because there weren't any job opportunities in education in the Philippines. She was questioning if she really did hear from God.
He then reminded her that God's plans are always GREAT, not from a human perspective, but because its God's plans for her life. God then started to reveal to Clarice that it's not about the career that she chooses, it's about her living her life honoring him and worshiping him in what she does. God shifted her perspective and she was now really focused on making an impact in children's lives. God was also really teaching her about her true identity in Christ! As she looked back through the timeline of her life, she could see God's handiwork in everything she had ever gone through. She now knows that she is fearfully & wonderfully made because God is working in her & through her.
Scripture: Jeremiah 29:11, Psalm 139:16, Ephesians 2:10, James 1:5
