How Do We Know What We Are Called To Do?

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We all have things that God wants us to do, but how do we know what?

‘For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.’ (Eph 2:10)

  • There are some callings that we all have as Christians: 
  • To seek God’s glory (1 Cor 10:31) 
  • To seek to become more like Christ (Mat 6:33) 
  • To seek the furtherance of Christ’s kingdom here on earth (Mat 6:33, 28:19) 
  • To disciple others and teach them more about Him (Mat 28:19, 20) 
  • We should aim to be ‘fruitful in every good work’ (Col 1:10) 

 But there does seem to be a pattern in the Bible of some people being specifically called to certain things, for example when He said to Abram to leave his country and family and to go where He told him. It doesn’t record this of everyone though, so I don’t think everyone should necessarily seek a specific life calling. But I believe there are things that God has set aside for us to do so we should be praying that God would lead us to those things.

 An area where I do believe we need to seek a call also, is for full time ministry. When we are in the trenches we want to know that God called us to be there so that we don’t go running home. Also we want to know God will provide our needs because He has called us to do that work.

How do we know what God might be calling us to? – Here are a few thoughts on this, though there may well be more to it than I have mentioned!

…Please follow this link to read more, as I am guest posting on ‘Journeys of Heart and Mind’ today.

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