Quotes About Calling

Anyone can get a job, but do you have a purpose?

Great groups believe they are on a mission from God. Beyond mere financial success, they genuinely believe they will make the world a better place.

When Jesus calls us to bear fruit in this life, He is prompting us to demonstrate our faith by relying on Him and taking courses of action that defy the wisdom of the world.

A kingdom marriage is defined as "a covenantal union between a man and a woman who commit themselves to function in unison under divine authority in order to replicate God's image and expand His rule in the world through both their individual and joint callings.

In essence, God let Moses know that even when people aren't able to fulfill the calling on their lives, if they will recognize Him as Adonai, He can make them fully capable. God doesn't always call the equipped, but He always equips the called.

But if you will keep your eyes focused on God's purpose for you, not your pain, God will use your trials for your good and His glory. He works all things together for good when you love Him and live according to your calling. No pain or experience is wasted when you are a child of the King.

Your calling is the customized life purpose God has ordained and equipped you to accomplish in order to bring Him the greatest glory and achieve the maximum expansion of His kingdom.

Here is another indication, then, that divine election is to service and not eternal life.

Exodus 3:1)

That is not the way it should be. Good leaders wait to be called and they give up their power when they are no longer needed. Selfish men and fools put themselves first and keep their power until someone throws them out. It is no good to have a way where selfish men and fools fight with each other to be leaders, while the good ones watch.

God never calls you to do something without also giving you the ability to complete it.

Every one on this earth should believe, amid whatever madness or moral failure, that his life and temperament have some object on the earth. Every one on the earth should believe that he has something to give to the world which cannot otherwise be given. Every one should, for the good of men and the saving of his own soul, believe that it is possible, even if we are the enemies of the human race, to be the friends of God.

I wanted to be a teacher.

The mission field is where we are, never where we go.

We all have a job to do—a commissioning fueled by the forces of heaven, a spiritual assignment that will be opposed at every step by the forces of hell.

I know we haven't known each other for very long, but I know enough to see you're perfect for me. You love God, you want a big family someday, you're hardworking. And I can see us serving a congregation together—me preaching, you singing . . ." He smiled, his fingers tightening on hers. "We were made for each other, don't you see?

Are you living the life God has designed for you, or are you living someone else's?

This is the splendid and memorable wisdom of legendary sage Howard Thurman, who once advised someone seeking vocational guidance, "Don't ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive" (Gil Bailie, Violence Unveiled, [New York: Crossroad, xv]). Yielding to your sacred inner flame is your best offering to the world.

Remember, the sweetest surrender of all is to give yourself over to that which is deeply and spiritually calling you. Do not be afraid to give lavish time, energy, attention, and passion to what you love. Therein is Holy Fire.

Working for love is a curse. Working from love is a ministry.

We cannot be satisfied with illustrative sermons, great music, and friendly services. We have been called to see the powers of darkness destroyed and our ruined cities restored.

When we do what the Spirit has anointed us to do, we are not just helping people; we are also terrorizing the enemy. It is so important that we find our place of calling in life, and that we understand that each of us is born to be an instrument of God, filled with the Spirit of God, to do the works of God.

Word and sacrament define the task of the pastoral office in simple, beautiful, and powerful terms.

The heroes of all myths face doubts. They feel that they have a calling but they do not know whether they can live up to their destinies. The drama of the psychological birth of the hero is facing fear, doubt, and hesitation; knowing that reaching for the stars entails the risk of failure, ridicule, even injury or death; and knowing that by not trying, you forfeit the possibility of greatness.