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boljer
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| Posted 10/27/2001 4:20 PM (GMT -6) |   | What does it mean to have a call on someone's life? Is it the same as God's will? How do we know if we have an anointing or a calling to do foraml Priestly (traditional church work or are called into the marketplace to accomplish His purposes?!)Looking for some guidance....
Blessings-JB
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Triskal
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| Posted 10/28/2001 5:05 PM (GMT -6) | | That is a very common question. The way in which it is answered differs with each person. One of the best ways to find God's calling on your life is to look at what talents you have that God could potentially use to bring glory to His name. Are you good at teaching? If so, then maybe God is calling you to teach others about Him. Do you have musical talent? Then God could be calling you towards a ministry in music.
Another thing to look for is your passion, or your vision. What do you really see as something God could use you to accomplish? Could it be evangelism? Pastoring a church? Youth ministries? Look for areas of service that you have the greatest passion for, then ask God if that's where your calling is.
Now, not everyone is going to be called toward full-time Christian ministry. Maybe your talent is something that can't be used for full-time Christian work. There's nothing wrong with that. You need to find what God has placed in your heart to do. Whether it's building houses, painting, writing, singing, working in a bank. The importance does not come from WHAT you do, but where your heart is at in doing it. Being a janitor is just as important in God's eyes as being an evangelist. Find your passion, find your calling, and do it with your goal being to serve God.
In His Grip,
Matt
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Lee Merrill
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| Posted 10/29/2001 1:46 PM (GMT -6) | | Paul seems to emphasize God's call to be in his family more than a call to some specific vocation (even the priesthood):
1CO 7:17 Each one should retain the place in life that the Lord assigned to him and to which God has called him. This is the rule I lay down in all the churches.
And he seems to place the decision to be a pastor more on the shoulders of the person, rather than a specific call to this vocation:
1TI 3:1 Here is a trustworthy saying: If anyone sets his heart on being an overseer, he desires a noble task.
Then he lays out the qualifications, but all of them (through verse 7) have to do with character and conduct, not with a specific prompting from God to take this role.
So if you desire to do this, the place to check is in the mirror, it seems!
God bless you,
Lee
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