Do you have a sense of how God is calling you? Are you willing to share your story with us?
Our NIC Board of Ordained Ministry has designated Sunday, November 12, as Day of Call, and Bishop Sally Dyck asks both pastors and laity to share their call stories.
Have you ever paused to consider how you, as a lay Christian, also have a calling on your life? God’s call isn’t just to the professional ordained ministry – or even to just do the work of the church. God’s call touches on all areas of our lives. We are all called to be good citizens, good parents, good daughters, good sons, good employees, good entrepreneurs, good stewards of creation, good recipients of God’s lavish and undeserved grace.
The Bishop writes about the time a 14-year-old girl shared her perception of God’s call: “She was a beautiful, radiant young woman with long, curly strawberry blonde hair and a smile from ear to ear, even with her braces on. She stood in front of a rather large group of adults and said that she didn’t know exactly what God wanted her to do with her life, but she knew God had a claim on it. She wanted to live her life in such a way that she would always be open to what it was that God wanted her to be and do. After we all regained our composure…, I said the only thing that came to mind: ‘What she will be has not yet been revealed’ (1 John 3:2)”.
How about you? Are you willing to share your answer on Nov. 12th to the questions, “What does God want for me?” and “What does God want from me?”
Special note to confirmation youth: Be sure to be present in worship on the 12th and then stay to discuss the questions as a class: What does God want FROM me in my life? What does God want FOR me in my life?
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Pastor Ron