●"The
Lord created each of us individually with different Spiritual Gifts, Passions,
Abilities, strengths and a unique personality with different experiences.
Helping people with the puzzle and putting the pieces together so we each can
be most effective in our families, church, community and the world and finish
our lives well and leave a legacy that gives glory to the LORD so when we stand
before Him one day, we will hear, "Well done, my good and faithful
servant."
Our work and our calling
Sunday and Monday...any connection?
Our work: How important is it to us?
Are we worshiping our work and
working at our worship?
We are called to God first and then
to our secondary calling…which may be our job, business or what we do in
“retirement”.
A word from The Call by Os Guinness
"Calling is the truth that God calls us to himself so decisively that
everything we are, everything we do, and everything we have is invested with a
special devotion, dynamism, and direction lived out as a response to his
summons and service" P. 29
Answering the Call: The
Doctor Who Made Africa His Life.
Albert Einstein
From
“The One-Talent People.” Christian Herald. Sept 1949. P. 64
“Always keep your eyes open for the
little task, because it is the little task that is important to Jesus Christ.
The future of the Kingdom of God does not depend on the enthusiasm of
this or that powerful person; those great ones are necessary too, but it is
equally necessary to have a great number of little people who will do a little
thing in the service of Christ.”
“The great flowing rivers represent only a small part of all the water that is
necessary to nourish and sustain the earth. Beside the flowing river
there is the water in the earth-the subterranean water-and
there are the little streams which continually enter the river and feed it and
prevent it from sinking into the earth. Without these other waters-the silent
hidden subterranean waters and the trickling streams-the great river could no
longer flow. Thus it is with the little tasks to be fulfilled by us all.”
Some
excerpts from: God’s Best for My Life
by Lloyd John Ogilvie
“What
are we daring to attempt which could not be accomplished without His strength
and intervention? So often we plan our lives around what we could do without
Him on our own. A sure sign that we are
in communion with the Lord is that we are attempting what only He can do? Can
you identify that in your life?”
We can "serve" both in our jobs,
business's or volunteering.
Seizing
opportunities is directly tied to the spiritual gift of discernment. When we
see what looks like an opportunity, we have to discern whether we are seeing a true
opening or just our own wishful-thinking or a random idea.
Just
because an opportunity arises does not mean that we should take it. An
opportunity is just a set of circumstances that makes it possible to do something.
We still have the hard work of determining whether it is something WE SHOULD
DO.
Opportunities
are doorways that God opens. It is divine leading, even though we may not be
able to predict what lies beyond.
God
also directs us with closed doors! Don't be discouraged!
Ability
to see with the eyes of God, think with the mind of Christ, and walk in the
power of the Holy Spirit!
A
good prayer!
We
can "serve" both in our jobs, business's or volunteering.
Making the most of every opportunity
the Lord exposes us to.
"Across
the board, having the opportunity to develop our strengths is more important to
our success than our role, our title, or even our pay." Strengths
Finder 2.0 Tom Rath
Seems like one of our goals should be to be aware of the opportunities
around us and even actively search for them!
