Your Calling Needs No Invitation

“ I used to think I needed an invitation to get into most places, but now I know I’m already invited.” ~ Bob Goff

I’m not a driven, goal-oriented person by nature. I can be really efficient, feeling the satisfying scratch of pen against paper as I tick items off my to-do list to manage the needs of my family and counseling practice. Return shoes. Put away laundry. Schedule clients for next week. Update budget. The cover of my to-do list notebook says, “Say Yes to New Adventures” in bright, shiny gold lettering, and yet it’s filled with some of the most boring, non-adventurous stuff imaginable.

Deep down, I know these things aren’t my calling – that there’s a difference between living a productive life and a purposeful one. I’ve gotten really good at doing what I have to do in order for my family and work to function while the deep longings in my heart get pushed to the margins and eventually, off the page altogether. 

Let me pause to acknowledge that the word calling can carry a lot of weight. The task of finding it and the process of living it can sometimes feel more like a burden than a release valve. I think our calling is found in discovering where we are uniquely gifted and positioned to reveal God’s character and bring about healing, hope, and restoration in our lives and relationships. What makes your heart race? What aspects of God’s kingdom do you long to see more of in this world? What injustices do you ache to be made right? Your calling is most often embedded in those very places where your heart is naturally drawn toward and broken by.

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