13 January 2009

So I'm working through 'call' today a bunch. What happens when what you are called to do seems to not be so successful? What if you are called to do something that ends up tanking? Did you mis-hear your calling? Did you drop the ball somewhere in fulfilling it? What if you had a calling that changed and you missed the redirect orders? That'll keep you up at night. I hear so often, "I'm not sure what my calling is..." So, are we not listening closely enough, or listening for something we hope to hear and missing the bullhorn God is using to shout in our ear? And what if the thing you are called to drives you up a wall and down again becasue you can't seem to do it quite good enough to meet your own standards, to quell the restlessness inside?

I'm confident I'm doing what I'm called to by God. In fact, I've never been more sure of it. These are questions that I've asked, that I continue to ask, and most likely will ask until God calls me to be a forest ranger in the wilds of somewhere and my only job is to make sure a large plot of timber doesn't burn to the ground becasue of some knot head hiker who lets the fire burn too long. With that in mind...thoughts on paragraph one?

2 comments:

brent said...

What if the definition of call is: that which drives you up a wall and down again becasue you can't seem to do it quite good enough to meet your own standards, to quell the restlessness inside? I don't think anybody who was ever truly called had it easy other or thought they were doing a great job of it besides JEsus. And even he asked for change of plan at the end... but still surrendered it all and I think that's the missing thing... surrendering ourselves to God so that the being driven up one wall and down another by this thing is part of the package.

brent said...

actually, that post is from PJohn. He's pretty smart, y'all.