Called for what?
What is a calling?
Do you really know 'your calling?'
Do you use the phrase 'your calling' as an excuse?
When I was in the USA in October, I heard a lot of people use the phrase, "I'm called to ____" or "What I feel called to do is ______" or "God's is calling me to ______" or "That's not my calling." I was curious as to why this phrase is being thrown around like the latest slang-word. Throw in the word, 'will' and you've even got a greater emphatic statement. "God's will" is the adjacent phrase that we're all trying to discover for ourselves yet each of us are coming up blank. Maybe we're blank because we're trying to fit our current lives, our current addictions, our current time consumptions into the life we WANT God to call us to.
I firmly believe that if you're walking in a deep, devoted, results-shown walk with the Lord, then He will direct your every step. You will be convicted by each decision you make. You will make the choice that directs others and yourself to Christ and not to the world. You will find yourself in the Will of God when your EVERY DAY is planned and executed for Him.
I don't speak out of expertise. I speak out of great-failure-experience. I speak out of the knowledge that my life here in South Africa is DEPENDENT upon my hearing from the Lord and being willing to say 'no' to things of this world that used to be part of my life: TV, friends, routinely going out to eat, the latest technology, celebrity gossip, going to concerts, hosting parties, browsing online ... all the things American-culture is wrapped around. But truly finding 'Your Calling' is a difficult thing; it will set you apart from everyone else. God's purpose for your life is unlike anyone else's. He wants to use each person different; He has made each of us differently.
It might be painful. It might strip you from all your comforts. But finding what God wants for YOUR life is the most beautiful gift. I encourage you to rethink how you voice 'Your Calling' and ask God for His purpose for your life.
Found these articles that were thought provoking... about Your Calling:
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