Your calling will always be connected to an unmet need or an opportunity to do good. It was in listening to the cries of an enslaved people that Moses discovered his calling. So did William Wilberforce. He devoted his life to seeing slavery eradicated in Britain.
Nelson Mandela was a lawyer with the potential to make money. But he chose a different path – one that involved years of imprisonment. And when he was finally set free he didn’t seek vengeance, he sought justice and equality for his people, and changed his country.
Ezekiel writes: ‘I came to the exiles…And there, where they were living, I sat among them for seven days – overwhelmed. At the end of seven days the word of the LORD came to me’ (Ezekiel 3:15-16 NIV 1984 Edition).
If you want to discover your calling, start praying about situations that trouble you deeply. Usually we try to avoid discomfort, but if you sense that your calling involves helping the poor, spend time around those in poverty. Allow your heart to be moved; carry within you the conviction that things must change, and keep praying, ‘Lord, make me a change agent.’ When Jesus called His disciples, He chose people from different backgrounds: a doctor, a government worker, a group of fishermen. In essence He told them, ‘I believe in you.
What I know I’ll teach you,’ and promised them that ‘he who believes in me, the works that I do he will do also.’ Bottom line: Jesus empowered His followers to go out and live like He did. And today that’s what He’s calling you to do.
2 Chron 1-3, Acts 20:1-16
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