Ok, so finally someone gave a comment that gives me somewhere to go with \ud83d\ude09<\/P>
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Callings. Does God give callings? Is everyone called to a speciffic thing? Is anyone called to anything? If you have a calling, how do you know what your calling is?<\/P>
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Firstly, I have to say, the best article I have ever read on this is over at Decapolis (www.decapolis.com<\/A>; click on “features and articles”, it is under features… it’s called “What is my calling?”). Conrad is a smart guy. I reccomend reading everything to be found there, if you get the chance.<\/P> Now, for starters…. I have always been told by people that basically, everyone has a calling on your life. You need to do what God has called you to do… whether that be to be a pastor, to be a doctor, to be a rock star, or to be a… janitor, i guess (hey, somebody’s gotta do it). If you don’t do what you are called to do, you are outside of the will of God and therefore will never be as happy as you could\/should be.<\/P> Personally, I have never felt a calling on me at ALL. I haven’t even felt a “this is what I want to do more then anything else”… Sure, there are some things I’d love to do, but I’m not necessarily sure that I’m really cut out for any of them.<\/P> So that led me to believe that in general, God does not place a divine calling on each of our individual lives. I also think that this means beliefs such as that God has that perfect special someone out there for you, that you are supposed to be with are merely idealistic beliefs. I mean, think about it…. What happens if the person you are “supposed” to be with ends up with someone else? Then it messed you up, it messed it up for them, it messed it up for the person that the person you were supposed to be with ended up with… and the person that they were supposed to be with… and so on and so on. No one would be in the will of God as far as that is concerned. Plus there is no such thing as the “perfect” person to be with anyway, since perfection is not a quality which is attainable by a human.<\/P> I think that our calling is mostly determined by our desires. I think that perhaps, in a way, God may give us callings by giving us desires. If you have a desire to play music, go for it, be a musician… if you have a desire to… be a computer programmer, go for it…. if you have a desire to… insert your desire here… go for it. You have that desire for a reason. Most people never achieve their dreams as far as doing what they want to do. I think that all of these people have missed out on their “calling” (if you want to call it a calling).<\/P> I do however, think that some people are given clear callings to do something… and sometimes they may not want to do it right away. These are specific instances though, and do not apply to everyone. Some are given clear callings to be pastors, and these callings should not be ignored.<\/P> Expect another post tomorrow (or later today, depending on how you look at it… at any rate, sometime after I wkae up tomorrow morning).<\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Ok, so finally someone gave a comment that gives me somewhere to go with \ud83d\ude09 Callings. Does God give callings? Is everyone called to a speciffic thing? Is anyone called to anything? If you have a calling, how do you know what your calling is? Firstly, I have to say, the best article I have … Continue reading <\/span>
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