Do I have a specific purpose? What is my calling Lord? 

April, 2015

I think that I don’t have a specific calling, of course this could change but currently I don’t have one.

In becoming a Christian, I didn’t even know there was a job involved. I just thought Christian’s believe in Jesus and for a long time I just assumed that was all there was to it. Then after an encounter, a vision and a dream I realised that people need to be set free like I had been.

So I found my church after hopping from one to another and there I realised that we all have a call on our life..so I wanted to know what it was and I was always worrying ‘what if I miss my calling?!?!!’ I’m a little dramatic, but seriously this worried me.

I would ask my pastor what if I miss it and he would continuously tell me God has you right where he needs you to be. If you are longing to find out the call on your life you’re probably right where God needs you to be at the moment.

I eventually stopped worrying and slowly things started to spring up, literally.

One of my favourite verses..

“See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland.”

‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭43:19‬ ‭NIV‬‬

The Lord started to bring all of these old gifts back, life long dreams that I never had time for when I wasn’t a Christian.

I’ve always been a creative person, when I was younger I was envolved in everything such as dance, gymnastics, playing the piano and my main gift drawing. Slowly but surely, one gift after another started to pop up and I found God opening doors and giving me opportunities and a new passion. He gave me new gifts on top of the old ones and he is in the midst of them all. What I have learnt is that all good things come to those who wait.

I had longed for an opportunity to reawaken these things that he had laid on my heart and he was faithful to make them ‘spring up’ again. He not only made them Spring up he made them better, he gave me an ability to learn faster than before. The bottom line is when you submit your life to Christ, he rewards you when you least expect it and he is faithful to restore everything the enemy tries steal.

Job/purpose

Personally for me, I’m not in a Christ centred job but I feel he is using me where I am, and it can be very challenging sometimes. I go through moments of ‘am I in the right place’ but I then realise that if I am supposed to be in another place he will move me. I’ve found that in this place I am constantly learning through new challenges that I have everyday. It’s like an obstacle course at times and I’ve been learning that this is a time for building my character.

So be assured that even though you may not be in the place you think you should be, God has you there for a good reason.

One thing I found to be quite useful in discovering my purpose or how I could be useful to God was doing a spiritual gifts questionnaire, which you can google. It helped me define what my gifts actually were and in this I would journal and talk to God. Pray of over the gifts you have and ask God to reveal the purpose he has for you.

Quiet time will help you to discern God’s voice, sit still in the quiet and wait on him. He speaks your language, before I made this blog I had a huge idea that came out of no where it wouldn’t leave my mind. Then I started to pray and ask God if this is of him. If God keeps bringing an idea back to you, and usually if it’s something that scares you and makes you think ‘I can’t do that! I’m not good enough’ it’s usually something He has place on your heart.

I still think about my purpose but it’s not so daunting, also being in a job that isn’t Christ centred can be difficult when other friends are working in ministry can make you think ‘why am I here?’ sometimes God may want you to move. If the job is compromising who you are as a Christian then a job change may be necessary. Now when I say compromise I mean something that goes against Gods will for us as Christians. This could be a job that causes you to sell yourself sexually, lie, steal etc. We are called to be Holy people set apart for God’s uses, so if you feel you fall into this category pray about (I’m not telling anyone to quit there job) just pray and seek God on the matter.

Sometimes your purpose won’t have anything to do with your job, I feel that this is the category I fall into, don’t always assume it will be your full time job but know that God values the work you do for him no matter what position you’re in, he’s looking at your heart.

It’s hard to grasp where God wants you to go but trust he will guide you if you seek him, he’s speaks to us in the quiet and if you need help on quiet time head over to spirit lead me part 2

I hope this helps, I pray God will help you in uncovering the purpose for your life!

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