Many families who live abroad quietly assume that their true purpose is temporarily suspended.

Life becomes focused on work contracts, school schedules, and practical survival.

Faith is preserved, but calling feels distant as if God’s deeper purposes will resume only after returning home.

Scripture, however, tells a different story. The Bible consistently shows that God’s calling is not tied to geography.

Abraham was called while moving. Joseph fulfilled his calling in a foreign land.

Daniel served faithfully under a government not his own. God does not pause His purposes when His people cross borders; He often advances them.

Your presence where you are now matters. Your integrity at work, your kindness toward neighbors, and your faithfulness within your family all participate in God’s quiet work.

Calling is not always public or dramatic.

Often, it unfolds through ordinary obedience lived consistently over time.

For parents, this calling includes shaping children who learn to trust God across cultures.

For individuals, it includes witnessing through humility, diligence, and grace.

God’s purposes are not diminished by unfamiliar surroundings; they are often refined by them.

You are not here by accident. Even in a foreign land, your life is woven into God’s larger story.

Rev. Yaqub Kashif