When God reveals truth to us, he wants us not only to soak it in, but to get moving!  Basically, applying the truths we have learned.  You will find yourself in a very dead and dry place if all you do is live in a constant state of doing Bible study, but never activating it in your own life.  What are some ways to pursue God when you are caring for your family’s needs?  Or when you are single and desiring to do His will?  Does God want you to take risks?  Be willing to step out on faith?  I think He does.  When God called my husband and I into prison & rehabilitation ministry, our children were very young and there were those who thought we were being foolish and putting them in danger.  We were moving to a town away from where we had grown up and ministering to people we had never met.  Our parents, for one, were not impressed!  We also had Christian friends who couldn’t believe it.  We continued to receive confirmations from God that we were on the right path, but sometimes it felt like going way out on a limb.  When God calls you to something, He prepares you and your children.  He provides and He protects.  The very safest and most fulfilling place to be is in the center of God’s destiny and purpose for you.  Our children all survived and not only that, they thrived!  Their little hearts were filled with compassion from Jesus and they gained new Christian family in the process.  As teens & adults, they are now pursuing their own adventures with God unafraid, and seeing Him do amazing things in their life!  Ask the Holy Spirit what He has for you to do.  For those of us with families, God calls us to minister to them first and it is such a high calling!   He has called you to shape eternal lives and to have influence for His kingdom.  I was so blessed to be able to stay at home with my children.  It was the hardest and most worthwhile thing I have ever done!  I realize not everyone has that privilege, but God will continue to lead you and give you grace in the things He has for you. He gives each one of us gifts and callings to be used for His glory.  Be ready!  Be alert and listening to His voice.  Don’t be “guilted” into doing anything.  Be purposeful and move in His timing, it’s perfect.  You can walk in the freedom and guidance of the Holy Spirit and let the condemnation of perfectionism go.  Something I’ve done to put into practice what I’m learning is write a verse that God has brought to my heart on a 3×5 index card and put it in a place I will see it everyday.  Meditating on it, praying it over myself and my family, and asking God to put it within me and in my life.  Col.3:23, “And whatever you do, do it heartily as to the Lord and not to men.”(NIV)