Quotes About Calling

How do I become what I know I must be?

London is calling my name and I must listen and direct myself towards this city.

My next task entails me officially binding myself to my writings and my mission. I must find a suitable way in which to do so.

Nobody else will ever truly understand for they cannot as they haven't been chosen for this.

There are in this world human beings in solitary places who have answered the Lord's call to make of their lives a little flame, always bright, always attentive to His Presence.

The point of our lives is not to get smart or to get rich or even to get happy. The point is to discover God's purposes for us and to make them our own.

You are not called to convince anyone. You are simply called to be an open channel for the Spirit of God to flow through.

There are some, like me, who are called to live a single life," I said softly. "For them it is always easy for they are, by their nature, content. Others, like Ellen, are called to prepare for marriage which may come in later life. They, too, are blessed, for God is using the in-between years to teach them that marriage is not the answer to unhappiness. Happiness is found only in a balanced relationship with the Lord Jesus.

I'm saying if you do what you were made to do, then you'll find the peace you've been looking for. You can't work for it, you know. You just have to rest in it. - Birdie

From the beginning God's people are to be "missionary." They are chosen to be a channel of blessing to others. But in order to be a missionary people they have to be formed to be like the promise they carry.

You care because God gave you this unusual blessing: a burden to make a difference.

God's blessings, however, aren't always bigger, better, and beautiful. In fact, I truly believe that God gifts His chosen leaders with a very unusual blessing. You might even call it a weird blessing because most of the time we call it...a burden.

Be who God called you to be. Live for the an audience of ONE.

When you feel this burden, you might be frustrated, wondering why no one else cares as much as you do. The reason why you care and others don't could be because God has aimed it directly at you.

If you're not ministering and using your gifts in the church, then something God wants done is being ignored.

God is not calling us to go to church; he is calling us to be his church, the hope of the world.

God put you on earth with a divine assignment- something prepared in advance for you to do. I've found that the things that make us sad, the things that make us righteously angry, or the things we care about that others don't are often a key that unlocks our reason for living. It's our burden.

We must discern what God calls us to accomplish rather than mindlessly adding on everything presented to us.

the more God wants to use you, the more likely you'll be tempted to quit.

Your calling is more about who you are becoming than what you are doing. Let

ongoing process, which is still happening today, of letting God's Word, empowered by God's Spirit, conform me to the image of Christ was God's calling to sanctification.

God loves to use people whom others believe are unqualified.

When it comes to the church what has your answer been? Has it been no? Has it been, "Well, maybe, if I have time"? Or has it been an unconditional yes? Imagine how your life might change if you were willing to say to your church and to God, My answer is yes. Anything. Anywhere. Anytime. Use me as your church and for your glory.

serving isn't something we do. A servant is who we're called to be.