How Can I Follow My Calling if I’m Not Sure What It Is? > 목회자칼럼

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How many times have you met someone and one of the first questions you asked was, 

“What do you do?” In our culture, your job easily becomes your identity. 

This mentality can reduce your calling in life to what you do for a paycheck. 

If your purpose is all about a 9-to-5 job, then the ultimate goal in life becomes 

finding the perfect job where your talents, values and desires all meet. 

If you’re experiencing anything less, then your calling must be elsewhere. 

But what happens if you, your boss, work environment or life circumstances change? 

Do you restart the search for your calling? 

This way of living can set you up for a lifetime of disappointment with God.

The Bible says your life’s purpose starts with God at work in this world and that 

He’s calling you into His story. 

If and when your circumstances change, you don’t have to be thrown off course. 

Your calling does not originate with you. It starts with God.

It can be a struggle to trust that God is always good and that He wants what’s best for us. 

But how do you reconcile your desires with God’s when they aren’t the same? 

The Bible describes this process as denying — or dying — to yourself 

(Matthew 16:24, Galatians 2:20-21, Philippians 3:8-10). 

But turning death into life is one of God’s specialties. 

Spend time reading the Bible, and choose to trust that God knows you and loves you 

even when if it feels like you are dying to what you want. 

Pray and ask Him to align your heart with His.