Calling — purpose with passion

A 5C devotional for healthy leader development


Why do you do what you do? 

 Is it a job or a calling from God? If you do what you do because it a means for security, it is a job. If you do what you do because you “feel the pleasure of God”, it is a calling. We get a job. We discover calling. At jobs, we make money. At calling, we make a difference. A job is chosen by you. Calling is initiated by God. Jobs have to do with knowledge, ability and skill that you have acquired. Calling has to do with how God has wired you. A job is where you spend time,  A calling is where you invest your life.  A job is where you accomplish something, A calling is where you make an eternal difference.   Jobs are too small. Calling is your life opus.

As the new year begins, look to your Lord.  Quiet your soul and listen to Him, read Psalm 62.  Worship Him, read Psalm 92:1-11, trust and obey and live out your calling, for this is where true joy is found.  

Challenging Assignment:   

Ask Him,why are you here?

Ask Him, why you have the "job" you have? 

Ask Him, how the experiences of your past are to be used to influence those around you today.

Ask Him, how you are to employ your spiritual gifts in building up His body. 

Ask Him, to lead you to speak the Gospel with boldness and with respect.  Who is in your influence you are sharing the Gospel with?  

Ask Him, to use you to serve someone in need.

Ask Him, to deepen your "roots" in Him so that you may bear much fruit to glorify Him.

Ask Him, to give you a "Paul to mentor you and a "Timothy" for you to mentor.  

Ask Him, to do His deeper work of holiness in your mind, soul, spirit and body.

Ask Him, to fill you with the Holy Spirit, your helper to empower you to be subject to one another in the fear of the Lord. 

Ask Him, to surround you with His grace and peace.

Ask Him, to direct your steps to fulfill His calling on your life in 2013. 

Now, read Colossians 4:17.