“What will I do with my life?”
“What does GOD want me to do with my life?”
As Christians, we are all called to ministry.
But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation,
a people belonging to God, that you may declare the praises
of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.
I Peter 2:9
Offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to
God – this is your spiritual act of worship.
Romans 12:1
God equips each of us uniquely for ministry.
There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit.
There are different kinds of service, but the same Lord.
There are different kinds of working, but the same God works
all of them in all [people]. Now to each one the manifestation
of the Spirit is given for the common good.
1 Cor. 12:4-7
Every Christian is called
- to live a life of sacrificial service.
- to a priestly ministry, as intercessors for God.
- to proclaim the Gospel
- to live differently since we belong to God and desire to
please him.
- to use our gifts for the benefit of others.
- to pray, worship, teach, discern, witness, bless, encourage,
love, give.
- to live life in such a way that we become the Gospel.
- to live for Christ in our roles in life – spouse,
parent, church member, neighbor, job.
Another way of looking at God’s call:
We are all called to life; we’re born.
We are called to Christ, to live in relationship with him –
born from above, And we are called into the life of the church,
together to be the very Body of Christ.
Some people understand themselves to have heard from God for
a calling to a very specific task. But that experience
is not all that calling is. There are some who are truly
called, but have not heard that call as a special revelation
from God. Their calling has come differently, more quietly,
almost ordinarily, naturally, like falling off a log.
On the other hand, there are those for whom whatever job is
in front of them is the job they are “called” to
do. To say that whatever one is doing with one’s
life is his or her calling does injustice to the concept of
calling. Many people work, but they are not called to
that work. They work because of opportunity, skill, necessity,
but have no sense that they are doing something especially designed
for them by God.
The problem with these two extreme understandings of calling
is that only special divine revelation is too narrow and just
doing whatever is out there to do is too broad. There
are other ways to think about calling.
Please take the questionnaire on this website and consider
deeply if God may be calling you toward ministry.
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