Week 6: Living Out God’s Calling in Our Lives Part 2
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Then Mordecai told them to reply to Esther, “Do not think to yourself that in the king's palace you will escape any more than all the other Jews. For if you keep silent at this time, relief and deliverance will rise for the Jews from another place, but you and your father's house will perish. And who knows whether you have not come to the kingdom for such a time as this?” Then Esther told them to reply to Mordecai, “Go, gather all the Jews to be found in Susa, and hold a fast on my behalf, and do not eat or drink for three days, night or day. I and my young women will also fast as you do. Then I will go to the king, though it is against the law, and if I perish, I perish.” Mordecai then went away and did everything as Esther had ordered him. Esther 4:13-17, ESV
Your vocational calling can be for personal and spiritual growth. God uses our work to mold us and make us even more into his image—but we often protest the way the master Potter slaps us around on his potter’s wheel. In my first career job as an editor for a national Christian trade magazine, I had a direct supervisor who wasn’t a good boss by any stretch of the imagination. For six years, I struggled at times being underneath his authority and prayed for deliverance, while actively seeking other employment. Eventually, I moved to another national trade association and had a wonderful experience, but I’ve realized how much I grew as a believer during those hard and unpleasant years.
I hope you’ve found fresh encouragement in your vocational and other callings and will commit to living out God’s calling in your life anew today.
Our time together unpacking Living Out God’s Calling in Our Lives has come to an end. We’ve explored what we mean by calling, God’s view of work, how to find God’s calling for our lives, and how to live out God’s calling in our lives.
As you go into the world to live your calling anew and afresh, keep the words of the Apostle Paul from Ephesians in mind: “I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.” (4:1-3, ESV)
Walk worthy, dear brother and sister in Christ, of your calling, and with all humility and gentleness and patience, impact your world for Jesus.
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