What Does the Bible Say About Calling?Sample

Did You Miss Your Vocation?

Christians want advice on how to hear God’s call for their lives. Young professionals worry that God may not have called them to the work they are doing every day. Middle-aged workers worry that they have missed their calling. All of us long for a sense of purpose in our day-to-day lives, but many of us are expecting too much of that purpose to come from work that we do. People confuse calling and career, wanting to reduce a deep theological truth to a simple strengths finder tool.

Our work has meaning, yes. God cares about our work. Our work can benefit the community around us. It can function as a tool to refine us in God’s image. Through our work, we can even use specific skills and talents to serve others. But our work is first of all an opportunity to follow Jesus—to love God with all of our heart, mind, soul, and strength, and to love our neighbors as ourselves. Mark Labberton, President of Fuller Seminary” says it like this in his book Called:

“The vocation of every Christian is to live as a follower of Jesus today. In every aspect of life, in small and large acts, with family, neighbors and enemies, we are to seek to live out the grace and truth of Jesus. This is our vocation, our calling. Today.”

Video

Watch this short video on Calling with Mark Labberton, President of Fuller Seminary.

Prayer

Jesus, thank you for inviting us to serve you in the ordinary places of our lives. Your grace and truth and love sometimes seem like higher callings than the regular work I face everyday, but it is in my regular work that I live out your gospel and share it with others. Guide me today. Let me be salt and light for you.