| What's God Calling You To Do?
www.relevantmagazine.com is
a great site to check out if you have lots of internet time -
I, sadly, haven't had much time to check it out much at all folr
a long while, but fortunately I have friends who do and forward
all the really good articles on to me. This week's thort is just
one of those (they have a variety of articles updated daily I
think, by a huge pool of writers, and there is the space online
to comment honestly on what you've read which is very helpful
for the writers and provokes discussion) that really contains
some truths I want to share. Hope you enjoy - written by a guy
called Pete Greig and titled 'Your Call' "Anyone who says that it is easy to follow Jesus is
a liar. He Himself said that the way is narrow. But nothing we
forgo in the cause of Christ—wealth, popularity, kudos, not
even our very lives— can come anywhere close to the return.
The way of discipleship—of covenant commitment and sacrificial
worship—is costly and hard.
I was giving a friend a lift in my car
one time, and we got to talking about life. "I don't know what God's calling me to
do," he confessed, and asked me to pray about what it might
be.
"Why?" I asked. "I already
know what Jesus wants you to do!"
"You do?" he gasped with ill-concealed excitement. "So,
what is it? What's my call?"
I paused, enjoying the suspense. Drums
rolled. String quartets tuned up. My friend held his breath…
"Your call," I said slowly, "is to be a worship
leader…"
He looked pleased, really pleased, so
I continued: "… but
not necessarily with a guitar in your hand."
"Okayyy," he murmured.
"Your call is to befriend that funny little lady at the end
of your street…"
He seemed less pleased with this prospect. |
