When thinking of the call of God on someone’s life many things can come to mind. Many people think of the anointing of kings like they did in the Old Testament. Some might think of pastors preaching with power and authority on the pulpit or of missionaries heading off into the mission field to reach the world for the Gospel. However, if someone first were to ask me what the call of God is like I would have said: the call of God is when someone is fulfilling their purpose in life. Now you can see this evident today, my mom for example isn’t a bible teacher or a pastor. She’s an elementary school teacher and has been teaching for over 40 years and when I see her teaching and interacting with the kids I can see that teaching is God’s call on
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His call of abandonment and obedience is evident as in each of the separate accounts where He calls John, Peter, and James then later He calls Levi we can see that these men left everything (Luke 5:11;28) this sense of abandonment is also seen in the very beginning of the Bible in Genesis when God is calling Abram. (later to be known as Abraham) God calls Abram to “Go from your country and your kindred and your father’s house to the land I will show you” (Genesis 12:1) We see how God calls His people to leave what they are familiar with. With Peter, James, and John it was fishing, with Levi it was his highly paying job as being a tax collector and Abram it was his family and his land. These three different scenarios can be seen in Gods call on people today. God calls us out of our comfort zone so that we may find comfort in Him and what He calls us to do.
I personally believe without a doubt in my mind that I am called into full time ministry. Nothing in this world, job wise has given me such joy, passion and a sense of fulfilling my purpose along with creating
His call of abandonment and obedience is evident as in each of the separate accounts where He calls John, Peter, and James then later He calls Levi we can see that these men left everything (Luke 5:11;28) this sense of abandonment is also seen in the very beginning of the Bible in Genesis when God is calling Abram. (later to be known as Abraham) God calls Abram to “Go from your country and your kindred and your father’s house to the land I will show you” (Genesis 12:1) We see how God calls His people to leave what they are familiar with. With Peter, James, and John it was fishing, with Levi it was his highly paying job as being a tax collector and Abram it was his family and his land. These three different scenarios can be seen in Gods call on people today. God calls us out of our comfort zone so that we may find comfort in Him and what He calls us to do.
I personally believe without a doubt in my mind that I am called into full time ministry. Nothing in this world, job wise has given me such joy, passion and a sense of fulfilling my purpose along with creating