Do You Know Your Calling?

God has a calling on your life! Yes, you! But that calling, that purpose, is so foundationally real that it informs and shapes all your choices and decisions.

“Father, what does God want me to do? What is God’s will for my life?”

I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard those questions. If I’m honest, I’ve asked those questions myself!

Admit it, you have too.

And it makes perfect sense why we would ask these questions! It’s normal. These questions reflect a hunger and desire within each of us to know if we’re headed in the right direction or if we're choosing the best path for our lives.

Just know God does have a calling on your life. You do have a divine purpose for your life. But it isn’t what you think it is. This calling is much more fundamental and foundational, and it gives you the peace to discern your direction.

Interested?

Look at our lesson today in Romans 1:1-7, 13-17:

PAUL, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God which he promised beforehand through his prophets in the holy scriptures, the gospel concerning his Son, who was descended from David according to the flesh and designated Son of God in power according to the Spirit of holiness by his resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord, through whom we have received grace and apostleship to bring about the obedience of faith for the sake of his name among all the nations, including yourselves who are called to belong to Jesus Christ; To all God’s beloved in Rome, who are called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. I want you to know, brethren, that I have often intended to come to you (but thus far have been prevented), in order that I may reap some harvest among you as well as among the rest of the Gentiles. I am under obligation both to Greeks and to barbarians, both to the wise and to the foolish: so I am eager to preach the gospel to you also who are in Rome. For I am not ashamed of the gospel: it is the power of God for salvation to every one who has faith, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. For in it the righteousness of God is revealed through faith for faith; as it is written, “The righteous shall live by faith.”

Paul’s opening of the Letter to the Romans is both profound and significant because of what he insists he is obligated to do as one who has received the grace of apostleship. He is obligated to the educated and uneducated; to the “wise and to the foolish” to preach the Gospel. In other words, he’s obligated to preach to everyone!

And what is the message that Paul is obligated to declare to everyone?

The message is that we are all called by God’s love, His grace, and His purpose. All of us. Everyone. You and me!